Localization and quantification of Cd- and Cu-specific metallothionein isoform mRNA in cells and organs of the terrestrial gastropod Helix pomatia

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-36

  Chabicovsky, Monika ^a,c,d,e   Niederstätter, Harald ^b   Thaler, Renate ^a   Hödl, Elisabeth ^a   Parson, Walther ^b   Rossmanith, Walter ^c   Dallinger, Reinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d Igeneon Immunotherapy of Cancer   (Austria)

^e Igeneon GmbH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Copper; Helix pomatia; Isoforms; Metallothionein; Organ distribution

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEMOCYANIN; ISOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; METALLOTHIONEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CELL; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXPOSURE; GASTROPOD; GENE EXPRESSION; HELIX POMATIA; HEPATOPANCREAS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTESTINE; KIDNEY; METAL BINDING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGAN DISTRIBUTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RHOGOCYTE; TISSUE LEVEL;

GASTROPODA; HELIX POMATIA;

EID: 0038046633     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-008X(03)00148-0     Document Type: Article

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