Effects of metal ions in combination with a non-ionic surfactant on stress responses in a transgenic nematode

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 37-50

  Dennis, Joanne L ^a   Mutwakil, Mohammed H A Z ^a   Lowe, Kenneth C ^a   De Pomerai, David I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Combined effects; Metal toxicity; Nematode; Pluronic F 127 surfactant; Stress inducible; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; MANGANESE; MERCURY; NONIONIC SURFACTANT; POLOXAMER; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INDUCTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH RATE; HEAVY METAL POISONING; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; TOXICITY TESTING; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031449288     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-445X(97)00043-X     Document Type: Article

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