Metallothionein-I and -II knock-out mice are sensitive to cadmium-induced liver mRNA expression of c-jun and p53

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 229-235

  Zheng, Hua ^a,c   Liu, Jie ^a   Choo, K H Andy ^b   Michalska, Anna E ^b   Klaassen, Curtis D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; MESSENGER RNA; METALLOTHIONEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; LIVER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTO ONCOGENE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 0030026739     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/taap.1996.0029     Document Type: Article

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