Mercury uptake by LLC-PK1 cells: Dependence on temperature and membrane potential

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 294-298

  Endo, Tetsuya ^a   Kimura, Osamu ^a   Sakata, Masakatsu ^a   Shaikh, Zahir A ^b  

^a HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF HOKKAIDO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURIC CHLORIDE; MERCURY;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL STRAIN; CELL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; KIDNEY TUBULE EPITHELIUM; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0030727429     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/taap.1997.8244     Document Type: Article

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