Temporal changes in metallothionein gene transcription in rat kidney and liver: Relationship to content of mercury and metallothionein protein

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 295, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 74-82

  Zalups, Rudolfs K ^a   Koropatnick, James ^b  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; METALLOTHIONEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BILIARY EXCRETION; BIOACCUMULATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; KIDNEY EPITHELIUM; KIDNEY TUBULE EPITHELIUM; LIGAND BINDING; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; RAT; TARGET CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BODY BURDEN; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MERCURY; METALLOTHIONEIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0033816383     PISSN: 00223565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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