Presence and regulation of metallothioneins in peripheral blood leukocytes of grey seals

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 207-217

  Pillet, Stéphane ^a,b   Fournier, Michel ^b   Measures, Lena N ^c   Bouquegneau, Jean Marie ^a   Cyr, Daniel G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

^c MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Grey seals; Leukocytes; Metallothioneins; Zinc

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL; ISOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; METALLOTHIONEIN; ZINC;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL LEVEL; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTE; HEAVY METAL POISONING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEAL;

HALICHOERUS GRYPUS; MAMMALIA; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 0036939705     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/taap.2002.9528     Document Type: Article

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