Female Sprague-Dawley rats exposed to a single oral dose of 2,3,7,8- tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin exhibit sustained depletion of aryl hydrocarbon receptor protein in liver, spleen, thymus, and lung

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 117-128

  Pollenz, Richard S ^a   Santostefano, Michael J ^b   Klett, Eric ^a   Richardson, Vicki M ^c   Necela, Brian ^a   Birnbaum, Linda S ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIVER; LUNG; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPLEEN; THYMUS;

EID: 0031944704     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/toxs.1998.2439     Document Type: Article

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