Role of placental metallothionein in maternal to fetal transfer of cadmium in genetically altered mice

Toxicology

Volumn 127, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 167-178

  Lau, John C ^a   Joseph, Mariamma G ^a   Cherian, M George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Distribution; Immunohistochemistry; Metallothionein; Placental transfer; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CADMIUM 109; METALLOTHIONEIN; ZINC;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; DECIDUA; FEMALE; FETUS; GIANT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; LIVER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TROPHOBLAST; YOLK SAC;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CADMIUM; CADMIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; COPPER; FEMALE; FETUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; LIVER; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; METALLOTHIONEIN; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; UTERUS; ZINC;

EID: 0032524694     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-483X(98)00028-6     Document Type: Article

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