Induction of metallothionein mRNA and protein in primary murine neuron cultures

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-7

  Kramer, Kyle K ^a,b   Zoelle, Jeffrey T ^b   Klaassen, Curtis D ^b  

^a XenoTech LLC   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; DEXAMETHASONE; ISOENZYME; MERCURY; MESSENGER RNA; METALLOTHIONEIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; ZINC;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME INDUCTION; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE HISTOCHEMISTRY;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0030297352     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/taap.1996.0253     Document Type: Article

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