Unraveling arsenic - Glutathione connections

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 309-311

  Thomas, David J ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; DROSOPHILA; ENZYME DEGRADATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTOXICITY; GENOTYPE; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; HEAVY METAL POISONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; RNA INTERFERENCE; TOXICITY TESTING;

ARSENIC; GLUTATHIONE; HUMANS;

EID: 59149084407     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfn257     Document Type: Article

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