Using MT(-/-) mice to study metallothionein and oxidative stress

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 447-462

  Conrad, Craig C ^a   Grabowski, David T ^c   Walter, Christi A ^c   Sabia, Marian ^b   Richardson, Arlan ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Education and Clinical Center   (United States)

^c University of Texas Health Science Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA oxidation; Free radicals; Knockout mice; Lipid peroxidation; Liver; Metallothionein; Protein oxidation

Indexed keywords

2 NITROPROPANE; ANTIOXIDANT; CATALASE; DNA; FREE RADICAL; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LIPID; METALLOTHIONEIN; PROTEIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; ZINC CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAMMA IRRADIATION; GENE MUTATION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LIPID LIVER LEVEL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; SURVIVAL; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALS; CATALASE; DEOXYGUANOSINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; GAMMA RAYS; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; LIVER; MALE; METALLOTHIONEIN; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 0033965593     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5849(99)00263-4     Document Type: Article

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