Use of stress-inducible transgenic nematodes as biomarkers of heavy metal pollution in water samples from an English river system

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 146-153

  Mutwakil, M H A Z ^a   Reader, J P ^a   Holdich, D M ^a   Smithurst, P R ^a   Candido, E P M ^b   Jones, D ^b   Stringham, E G ^c   De Pomerai, D I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Lab of Physiological Chemistry   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ASTATINE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; MANGANESE; MERCURY; TIN; ZINC;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; MINING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; RIVER; STRESS; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; FRESH WATER; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METALS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0030896797     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002449900167     Document Type: Article

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