Primary structure and inducibility by 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) of aryl hydrocarbon receptor repressor in a TCDD-sensitive and a TCDD-resistant rat strain

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 315, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 123-131

  Korkalainen, Merja ^a   Tuomisto, Jouko ^a,b   Pohjanvirta, Raimo ^a,c,d  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c NATL VET AND FOOD RES INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

2,3,7,8 Tetrachlorodibenzo p dioxin; Aryl hydrocarbon receptor; Aryl hydrocarbon receptor nuclear translocator; Aryl hydrocarbon receptor repressor; Cloning; CYP1A1; Rat; Species differences

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR;

ACUTE TOXICITY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC CODE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RAT STRAIN; REINFORCEMENT; REPRESSOR GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TESTIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0842308115     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.01.028     Document Type: Article

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