Radiation exposure does not alter metallothionein III isoform expression in mouse brain

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 23-30

  Ono, Shin ichi ^a   Cai, Lu ^c   Koropatnick, James ^b   Cherian, M George ^c  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b LONDON REGIONAL CANCER PROGRAM   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Gene knockout mice; Metallothionein III; Reverse transcription followed by polymerase chain reaction (RT PCR); irradiation

Indexed keywords

METALLOTHIONEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; GAMMA IRRADIATION; IONIZING RADIATION; KNOCKOUT GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034070994     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/BTER:74:1:23     Document Type: Article

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