Induction of cytochrome P4501A (CYP1A) in Trematomus bernacchii as an indicator of environmental pollution in Antarctica: Assessment by quantitative RT-PCR

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 183-193

  Miller, Hilary C ^a   Mills, Geoffrey N ^b   Bembo, D G ^a   MacDonald, John A ^a   Evans, Clive W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Antarctica; CYP1A; Cytochrome P450; Pollution; RT PCR; Trematomus bernacchii

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUND; CYTOCHROME P450 ISOENZYME; INDICATOR; NAPHTHALENE; PHENANTHRENE; PHENANTHRENE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SEA WATER;

BIOINDICATOR; POLLUTION MONITORING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; ENZYME INDUCTION; FISH; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANTARCTICA;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; TREMATOMUS BERNACCHII;

EID: 0031987250     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-445X(98)00075-7     Document Type: Article

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