Regulation of metallothionein in teleosts: Induction of MTmRNA and protein by cadmium in hepatic and extrahepatic tissues of a marine flatfish, the turbot (Scophthalmus maximus)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Pharmacology Toxicology and Endocrinology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 109-115

  George, Stephen G ^a   Todd, Keith ^a   Wright, Joy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cadmium; dose response; fish; kinetics; metallothionein; mRNA; Scophthalmus maximus

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; MESSENGER RNA; METALLOTHIONEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FLATFISH; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GILL; KIDNEY; LIVER; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA SYNTHESIS; TELEOST;

EID: 0029866508     PISSN: 07428413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0742-8413(95)02076-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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