Metallothionein-null mice express altered genes during development

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 270, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 458-461

  Kimura, Tomoki ^a   Oguro, Ikuyo ^a   Kohroki, Junya ^a   Takehara, Miyako ^a   Itoh, Norio ^a   Nakanishi, Tsuyoshi ^a   Tanaka, Keiichi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contrapsin; Development; Differential display; Gene expression; Liver; Metallothionein null mice; Transketolase; Vanin 3

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CONTRAPSIN; MESSENGER RNA; METALLOTHIONEIN; RNA; TRANSKETOLASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0034643262     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2000.2423     Document Type: Article

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