Genotoxicity of inorganic mercury salts based on disturbed microtubule function

Archives of Toxicology

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 575-583

  Bonacker, Daniela ^a   Stoiber, Thomas ^b   Wang, Minsheng ^a,c   Böhm, Konrad J ^b   Prots, Irina ^b   Unger, Eberhard ^b   Thier, Ricarda ^d   Bolt, Hermann M ^a   Degen, Gisela H ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ RESEARCH CENTRE FOR WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN FACTORS   (Germany)

^b FRITZ LIPMANN INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c Jiangsu Province Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chromosomal damage; Cytoskeleton; Genotoxicity; Kinesin; Mechanisms; Mercury; Micronuclei; Microtubules; Tubulin

Indexed keywords

KINESIN; MERCURY; TUBULIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHROMOSOME LOSS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; CYTOSKELETON; GENOTOXICITY; IC 50; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MICRONUCLEUS; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

EID: 9744266810     PISSN: 03405761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00204-004-0578-8     Document Type: Article

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