Superinduction of metallothionein I by inhibition of protein synthesis: Role of a labile repressor in MTF-1 mediated gene transcription

Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 57-68

  Bi, Yongyi ^a,b   Lin, Gary X ^a   Millecchia, Lyndell ^a   Ma, Qiang ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cycloheximide; MT 1; MTF 1; Superinduction; Transcription Repression

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; HEAVY METAL; MESSENGER RNA; METAL ACTIVATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; METALLOTHIONEIN I; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; LIVER NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; METALLOTHIONEIN; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33645803203     PISSN: 10956670     EISSN: 10990461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbt.20116     Document Type: Article

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