Binding of Cu to metallothionein in tissues of the LEC rat with inherited abnormal copper accumulation

Archives of Toxicology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 340-343

  Klein, D ^a   Michaelsen, S ^b   Sato, S ^b,c   Luz, A ^b   Stampfl, A ^b   Summer, K H ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c Nihon Schering   (Japan)

Author keywords

Copper; Hepatitis; LEC rat; Liver; Metallothionein

Indexed keywords

COPPER; METALLOTHIONEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER METABOLISM; GENETIC DISORDER; HEPATITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RAT;

ANIMALS; COPPER; CYTOSOL; FEMALE; KIDNEY; MALE; METAL METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; METALLOTHIONEIN; RATS; RATS, MUTANT STRAINS; RATS, WISTAR; SPLEEN;

ANIMALIA; CINNAMOMUM VERUM; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0030896547     PISSN: 03405761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002040050396     Document Type: Article

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