[Metallothionein content in tissue and neoplasms of mice under cadmium chloride administration and gamma irradiation. Increased radioresistance in mice with elevated level of metallothionein].

It was confirmed that the survival of gamma-exposed mice became higher after preliminarily subcutaneous injections of cadmium chloride. It is supposed that radioresistance of mice is connected with the induction of metallothionein proteins by cadmium chloride.