Determination of metallothionein content in hepatoma cells by differential pulse polarography

Chemico-Biological Interactions

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 109-116

  Yang, Jianhua ^a   Cao, Yuguang ^b   Yang, M S ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Differential pulse polarography; Heptoma cells; Metallothionein content

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CYSTEINE; METALLOTHIONEIN; ZINC CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL PULSE POLAROGRAPHY; HEPATOMA CELL; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHLORIDES; CYSTEINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; LIVER NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; METALLOTHIONEIN; POLAROGRAPHY; RATS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0031690909     PISSN: 00092797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2797(98)00066-0     Document Type: Article

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