Induction of metallothionein mRNA and protein in murine astrocyte cultures

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 94-100

  Kramer, Kyle K ^a   Liu, Jie ^a   Choudhuri, Supratim ^a   Klaassen, Curtis D ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; DEXAMETHASONE; INTERLEUKIN 1; LEAD; MERCURY; MESSENGER RNA; METALLOTHIONEIN; METHYLMERCURY; ZINC;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0030061160     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/taap.1996.0011     Document Type: Article

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