Expression of the gene encoding metallothionein-3 in organs of the reproductive system

DNA and Cell Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 501-510

  Moffatt, Pierre ^b   Séguin, Carl ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; ESCHERICHIA COLI LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; METALLOTHIONEIN; METALLOTHIONEIN III; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; ORCHIECTOMY; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SEMINAL VESICLE; TESTIS; TONGUE; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031818254     PISSN: 10445498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/dna.1998.17.501     Document Type: Article

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