Increased radiation-induced apoptosis in mouse thymus in the absence of metallothionein

Toxicology

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-49

  Xi Deng, Diana ^a   Cai, Lu ^a   Chakrabarti, Subrata ^a   Cherian, M George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; DNA fragmentation; Metallothionein; Thymus

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; METALLOTHIONEIN; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; THYMUS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; GLUTATHIONE; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MALE; METALLOTHIONEIN; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; THYMUS GLAND; ZINC;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0344758492     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-483X(99)00026-8     Document Type: Article

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