Transgenic mouse blastocysts that overexpress metallothionein-I resist cadmium toxicity in vitro

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 158-166

  Lee, Dae K ^a   Fu, Kai ^a   Liang, Luchuan ^a   Dalton, Tim ^a   Palmiter, Richard D ^b   Andrews, Glen K ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Embryo; Metallothionein; Metals

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; METALLOTHIONEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CYTOTOXICITY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CADMIUM; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; METALLOTHIONEIN; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0030030055     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199602)43:2<158::AID-MRD4>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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