Cadmium toxicity and distribution in metallothionein-I and -II deficient transgenic mice

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 527-543

  Conrad, Craig J ^a   Walter, Christi A ^a   Richardson, Arlan ^a,b   Hanes, Martha A ^c   Grabowski, David T ^a  

^a Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^b SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; METALLOTHIONEIN; ZINC;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAVY METAL POISONING; HUMAN; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; METAL BINDING; MOUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOXICOKINETICS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CADMIUM; FEMALE; LETHAL DOSE 50; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; METALLOTHIONEIN; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; OXIDOREDUCTASES; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ZINC;

EID: 0031587544     PISSN: 00984108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00984109708984079     Document Type: Article

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