Collagen gel sandwich and immobilization cultures of rat hepatocytes: Problems encountered in expressing glutathione S-transferase activities

Toxicology in Vitro

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 741-745

  Beken, S ^b   Pauwels, M ^b   Pahernik, S ^a,b   Koebe, H G ^a,b   Vercruysse, A ^b   Rogiers, V ^b  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN GEL; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; PARACETAMOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYPOTHERMIA; LIVER CELL CULTURE; MALE; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030777946     PISSN: 08872333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-2333(97)00036-2     Document Type: Article

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