Nucleocytoplasmic functionality of metallothionein

Cancer Research

Volumn 57, Issue 19, 1997, Pages 4236-4241

  Woo, Elizabeth S ^a   Lazo, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM CHLORIDE; METALLOTHIONEIN; METHYLNITRONITROSOGUANIDINE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROTECTION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOTOXICITY; EMBRYO; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CELL LINE; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; METALLOTHIONEIN; METHYLNITRONITROSOGUANIDINE; MICE; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 0030768617     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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