Long-chain class III metallothioneins as a mechanism of cadmium tolerance in the marine diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum Bohlin

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 39, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 231-246

  Torres, E ^a   Cid, A ^a   Fidalgo, P ^a   Herrero, C ^a   Abalde, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Class III metallothioneins; Microalga; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; METALLOTHIONEIN;

CADMIUM; DIATOM; GROWTH; METALLOTHIONEINS; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; PROTEINS;

ARTICLE; DIATOM; GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

PHAEODACTYLUM TRICORNUTUM;

EID: 0030668833     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-445X(97)00034-9     Document Type: Article

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