An improved transfection assay for evaluating the effects of heavy metals

Industrial Health

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 419-422

  Suzuki, Kaoru ^a   Koizumi, Shinji ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Health effects; Heavy metal; Human cells; Transfection assay; Zinc

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HEAVY METAL; LUCIFERASE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PLASMID;

GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLASMIDS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 69749115758     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.47.419     Document Type: Article

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