Transgenic strains of the nematode C. elegans in biomonitoring and toxicology: Effects of captan and related compounds on the stress response

Toxicology

Volumn 109, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 119-127

  Jones, D ^a   Stringham, E G ^b   Babich, S L ^a   Candido, E P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Lab of Physiological Chemistry   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biomonitor; Caenorhabditis elegans; Captan; Fungicide; N (trichloromethylthio) cyclohex 4 ene 1,2 dicarboximide; Stress response

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CAPTAFOL; CAPTAN; FUNGICIDE; PHTHALIMIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; TRANSGENE;

EID: 0029874462     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0300-483X(96)03316-1     Document Type: Article

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