Characterization of hepatic metallothionein expression in channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) by reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction

Biomarkers

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 161-167

  Schlenk, Daniel ^a   Chelius, Marisa ^a   Wolford, Laurie ^a   Khan, Shabana ^a   Chan, King Ming ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Cadmium; Channel catfish; Copper; Ictalurus punctatus; Liver; Metallothionein; Methylmercury; RT PCR; Zinc

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000358367     PISSN: 1354750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/135475097231698     Document Type: Article

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