Toxicogenomic analysis of caenorhabditis elegans reveals novel genes and pathways involved in the resistance to cadmium toxicity

Genome Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Cui, Yuxia ^a   McBride, Sandra J ^a   Boyd, Windy A ^b   Alper, Scott ^c,d   Freedman, Jonathan H ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; METAL; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE; RNA;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; ENZYME METABOLISM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC RESISTANCE; INHIBITION KINETICS; ION TRANSPORT; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOXICOGENETICS; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; METABOLISM;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

ANIMALS; CADMIUM; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENOMICS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 34748922791     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2007-8-6-r122     Document Type: Article

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