Pulmonary metallothionein expression in rats following single and repeated exposure to cadmium aerosols

Toxicology

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 205-218

  Hart, B A ^a   Gong, Q ^a   Eneman, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Gene expression; Lung; Metallothionein

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; ISOENZYME; MESSENGER RNA; METALLOTHIONEIN; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HYBRIDIZATION; INHALATION; LUNG; MALE; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030565546     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0300-483X(96)03397-5     Document Type: Article

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