Metallothionein research in terrestrial invertebrates: Synopsis and perspectives

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Pharmacology Toxicology and Endocrinology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 125-133

  Dallinger, Reinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

biomarker; cadmium; copper; ecotoxicology; Helix pomatia; metallothionein; risk assessment; snail; terrestrial gastropods

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADMIUM; COPPER; METALLOTHIONEIN; TRACE ELEMENT;

BIOACCUMULATION; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DETOXIFICATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GASTROPOD; GENE; HELIX POMATIA; HOMEOSTASIS; INSECT; INVERTEBRATE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0029947286     PISSN: 07428413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0742-8413(95)02078-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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