The prospective role of abnormal methyl metabolism in cadmium toxicity

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 110, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2002, Pages 793-795

  Poirier, Lionel A ^a   Vlasova, Tatyana I ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinogenesis; Cd; DNA methyltransferase; Methyl deficiency; Zn

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CARCINOGENICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEEDING; INHIBITION KINETICS; LIVER CELL; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036803978     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.02110s5793     Document Type: Article

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