Metallothionein gene expression in the reproductive tissues of the male wistar rat: Effects of treatment with metals or glucocorticoids

Toxic Substance Mechanisms

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 357-370

  Coogan, Timothy P ^a,b   Shiraishi, Noriyuki ^a,c   Waalkes, Michael P ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Pharmaceutical Research Institute   (United States)

^c KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; METAL; METALLOTHIONEIN; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE ACTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROSTATE; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; REVIEW; RNA ANALYSIS; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0030768877     PISSN: 10769188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/107691897229531     Document Type: Review

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