Fig. 1.
Expression and activity of rAS3MT in UROtsa/F35 cells. (a) RT-PCR analysis: (1) positive control (pLEGFP-N1/rAS3MT plasmid); (2) UROtsa cells; (3) UROtsa/F35 cells; (4) negative control. (b) Immunoblot analysis: (1) recombinant His-tagged rAS3MT (Mr~45 kDa); (2) UROtsa cells; (3) UROtsa/F35 cells expressing native rAS3MT (Mr~41 kDa). (c) TLC analysis of 73As-metabolites in cell cultures exposed to carrier-free [73As]iAsIII for 63 h: (1) UROtsa culture; (2) UROtsa/F35 culture.