Relative gold-binding capacity of metallothionein: Studies in renal cytosols of gold-injected rats

Research Communications in Molecular Pathology and Pharmacology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 119-126

  Saito, Shigeru ^a   Kojima, Yutaka ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD; METALLOTHIONEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; KIDNEY; MALE; METAL BINDING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CYTOSOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GOLD; KIDNEY; MALE; METALLOTHIONEIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0029922338     PISSN: 10780297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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