Reduction of benzene metabolism and toxicity in mice that lack CYP2E1 expression

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 205-213

  Valentine, John L ^a   Lee, Susanna S T ^b,c   Seaton, Mark J ^a,d   Asgharian, Bahman ^a   Farris, Georgia ^a   Corton, J Christopher ^a   Gonzalez, Frank J ^b   Medinsky, Michele A ^a  

^a CIIT CENTERS FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d DOW CORNING CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; CYTOCHROME P450 ISOENZYME;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INHALATION; ISOTOPE LABELING; LIVER; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0030296583     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/taap.1996.0277     Document Type: Article

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