[The property of radiation in low doses and of low-intensity ionizing radiation to cause metallothionein induction].

The effect of the increase in metallothionein content in hepatocytes of white mice located in conditions of chronic low dose rate and low-dose irradiation. In this work an opportunity of participation of metallothioneins, as the natural radioprotector and factor of nonspecific resistance, in adaptation of organisms to adverse environmental conditions was discussed.