Aryl-hydrocarbon receptor-deficient mice are resistant to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin-induced toxicity

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 173-179

  Fernandez Salguero, Pedro M ^a   Hllbert, David M ^a   Rudikoff, Stuart ^a   Ward, Jerrold M ^b   Gonzalez, Frank J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG RESISTANCE; EXPOSURE; HEART; HISTOLOGY; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; LYMPH NODE; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS; SPLEEN; THYMUS; THYMUS ATROPHY; UTERUS; VASCULITIS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030245635     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/taap.1996.0210     Document Type: Article

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