Differential gene-expression of metallothionein 1M and 1G in response to zinc in sertoli TM4 cells

Iranian Biomedical Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 9-15

  Kheradmand, Fatemeh ^a,b   Nourmohammadi, Issa ^a   Modarressi, Mohammad Hossein ^c,d   Firoozrai, Mohsen ^a   Ahmadi Faghih, Mohammad Amin ^e  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b URMIA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^e NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Metallothionein (MT); Sertoli cells; Zinc

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; METALLOTHIONEIN; METALLOTHIONEIN 1G; METALLOTHIONEIN 1M; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CELL METABOLISM; CELL PROTECTION; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOSTASIS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERTOLI CELL; UPREGULATION; ZINC METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; ISOENZYMES; MALE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 14; MICE; RNA, MESSENGER; SERTOLI CELLS; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

EID: 79851504290     PISSN: 1028852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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