Metallothionein-null mice exhibit reduced tolerance to ultraviolet B injury in vivo

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 57-61

  Wang, W H ^a   Li, L F ^a   Zhang, B X ^b   Lu, X Y ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY THIRD HOSPITAL   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METALLOTHIONEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC DISORDER; HOMOZYGOSITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; METALLOTHIONEIN; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; SKIN; SUNBURN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0842287377     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2004.01424.x     Document Type: Article

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