Changes in metallothionein mRNA and protein after sublethal exposure to arsenite and cadmium chloride in juvenile winter flounder

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 891-896

  Jessen Eller, Kathy ^a   Crivello, Joseph F ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenite; Cadmium; Metallothionein; mRNA; Winter flounder

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; METALLOTHIONEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FISH; LIVER LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; PLEURONECTES; PLEURONECTES AMERICANUS; PLEURONECTOIDEI; PSEUDOPLEURONECTES AMERICANUS;

EID: 0031901610     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1998)017<0891:CIMMAP>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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