2 results for “Reaction Department”
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Medical study · Medical research · 1998
Modulation of mitochondrial gene expression in pulmonary epithelial cells exposed to oxidants
…RNA was extracted, reverse transcribed, and amplified by polymerase chain reaction with degenerate primers to visualize alterations in gene expression. The seven clones obtained were sequenced and encoded the mitochondrial genes, NADH dehydrogenase subunits ND5 and…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1994
Oxygen radicals and asbestos-mediated disease
Asbestos fibers are potent elaborators of active oxygen species whether by reactions involving iron on the surface of the fiber, or by attempted phagocytosis of fibers by cell types resident in the lung. The link between…