Effects of short-term methylmercury exposure on metallothionein mRNA levels in the testis and epididymis of the rat

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 769-778

  Dufresne, Julie ^a   Cyr, Daniel G ^a  

^a INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

Author keywords

Male; Metals; Reproduction; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; METALLOTHIONEIN; METHYLMERCURY; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; METALLOTHIONEIN; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032752174     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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