Induction and identification of cadmium-, zinc- and copper-metallothioneins in the shore crab Carcinus maenas (L.)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Pharmacology Toxicology and Endocrinology

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 251-259

  Pedersen, Søren N ^a   Pedersen, Knud L ^a   Højrup, Peter ^a   Knudsen, Jens ^a   Depledge, Michael H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carcinus maenas; Crustacean; Isoform; Metal specific; Metallothionein; Midgut gland; Shore crab; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; METALLOTHIONEIN; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CRAB; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TISSUE LEVEL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BRACHYURA; CADMIUM; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COPPER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METALLOTHIONEIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ZINC;

EID: 0031716065     PISSN: 07428413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0742-8413(98)10003-8     Document Type: Article

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