Heptachlor and the mitogen-activated protein kinase module in human lymphocytes

Toxicology

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-23

  Chuang, Linda F ^a   Chuang, Ronald Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Heptachlor; Human immune cells; Insecticide; MAP kinase module

Indexed keywords

HEPTACHLOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

B-LYMPHOCYTES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CA(2+)-CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HEPTACHLOR; HUMANS; HYBRID CELLS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INSECTICIDES; LYMPHOCYTES; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0032568906     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-483X(98)00042-0     Document Type: Article

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