Expression of metallothionein gene at different time in testicular interstitial cells and liver of rats treated with cadmium

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1554-1558

  Ren, Xu Yi ^a   Zhou, Yong ^a   Zhang, Jian Peng ^a   Feng, Wei Hua ^a   Jiao, Bing Hua ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; CADMIUM; MESSENGER RNA; METALLOTHIONEIN; METALLOTHIONEIN I; METALLOTHIONEIN II; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIOACCUMULATION; CADMIUM POISONING; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CELL ISOLATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE REPLICATION; LEYDIG CELL; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; MALE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA TRANSLATION; TESTIS; TESTIS CANCER; TISSUE LEVEL; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0042065010     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v9.i7.1554     Document Type: Article

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