Mercuric chloride induces increases in both cytoplasmic and nuclear free calcium ions through a protein phosphorylation-linked mechanism

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 227-231

  Parashar, Aruna ^a,b   Akhand, Anwarul A ^a   Rawar, Rashmi ^b   Furuno, Tadahide ^c   Nakanishi, Mamoru ^c   Kato, Masashi ^a   Suzuki, Haruhiko ^a   Nakashima, Izumi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ca2+; Free radicals; HgCl2; Protein tyrosine phosphorylation

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; PROTEIN; STAUROSPORINE; THIOL GROUP; TYROSINE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

EID: 0344699420     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5849(98)00169-5     Document Type: Article

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