Investigation of intracellular factors involved in methylmercury toxicity

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 65-70

  Naganuma, Akira ^a   Furuchi, Takemitsu ^a   Miura, Nobuhiko ^a   Hwang, Gi Wook ^a   Kuge, Shusuke ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glucosamine 6 phosphate; Methyl mercury; Resistance; Ubiquitin; Yeast

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMINE FRUCTOSE 6 PHOSPHATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; METHYLMERCURY; TRANSFERASE; UBIQUITIN TRANSFERASE; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE; UBIQUINONE;

BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; MERCURIALISM; NONHUMAN; UBIQUITINATION; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTANT; REVIEW; YEAST;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; MERCURY POISONING; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; UBIQUINONE; YEASTS;

EID: 1842848644     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.196.65     Document Type: Conference Paper

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