Selective inhibition of the mouse brain Mn-SOD by methylmercury

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 359-366

  Shinyashiki, Masaru ^a   Kumagai, Yoshito ^a   Homma Takeda, Shino ^a   Nagafune, Jun ^a   Takasawa, Naoya ^a   Suzuki, Junko ^b   Matsuzaki, Ichiyo ^b   Satoh, Shinji ^a   Sagai, Masaru ^b   Shimojo, Nobuhiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Enzyme inhibition; Methylmercury; Mouse; Oxidative stress; Superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; ISOENZYME; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; MESSENGER RNA; METHYLMERCURY;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BRAIN LEVEL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME MODIFICATION; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 0030596071     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1382-6689(96)00070-1     Document Type: Article

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