Reduction of arginase I activity and manganese levels in the liver during exposure of rats to methylmercury: A possible mechanism

Archives of Toxicology

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 803-808

  Kanda, Hironori ^a   Sumi, Daigo ^a   Endo, Akiko ^a   Toyama, Takashi ^a   Chen, Cheng Liang ^a   Kikushima, Makoto ^a   Kumagai, Yoshito ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arginase I; Covalent modification; Cysteine; Manganese; Methylmercury

Indexed keywords

ARGINASE 1; MANGANESE; METHYLMERCURY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CENTRIFUGATION; COVALENT BOND; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ARGINASE; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; LIVER; MALE; MANGANESE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS;

RATTUS;

EID: 57249116265     PISSN: 03405761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00204-008-0307-9     Document Type: Article

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