Expression of metallothionein protein in the lungs of Wistar rats and C57 and DBA mice exposed to cadmium oxide fumes

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 169-178

  McKenna, Ilda Melo ^c   Gordon, Terry ^b   Chen, Lung C ^b   Anver, Miriam R ^a   Waalkes, Michael P ^d  

^a SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM OXIDE; MESSENGER RNA; METALLOTHIONEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUME; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; RNA TRANSLATION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 0343171768     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/taap.1998.8399     Document Type: Article

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