The induction of metallothionein in tissues of the Norway lobster Nephrops norvegicus following exposure to cadmium, copper and zinc: The relationships between metallothionein and the metals

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 343-350

  Canli, Mustafa ^a,c   Stagg, Ronald M ^b   Rodger, Gillian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Decapod crustacean; Metallothionein; Metals

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; METALLOTHIONEIN; ZINC;

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METALS; METALLOTHIONEIN; POLLUTION INIDICATORS; PROTEINS; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIFFERENTIAL PULSE POLAROGRAPHY; FEMALE; GILL; HEPATOPANCREAS; LOBSTER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN INDUCTION; SEA POLLUTION;

ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA; LOBSTER; NEPHROPS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0030880460     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(97)00043-2     Document Type: Article

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