Molecular characterization of metallothionein cDNA of Sparus aurata used for detecting heavy metal pollution along the Mediterranean coast of Israel

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 131-137

  Tom, Moshe ^a   Moran, Ophira ^a   Jakubov, Edward ^a   Cavari, Benzion ^a   Rinkevich, Baruch ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fish; Heavy metal pollution; Lithognathus mormyrus; Mediterranean; Metallothionein

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADMIUM; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HEAVY METAL; MESSENGER RNA; METALLOTHIONEIN;

BIOINDICATOR; FISH; HEAVY METAL; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; POLLUTION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; FISH; ISRAEL; LIVER LEVEL; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NONHUMAN; SEA POLLUTION;

ISRAEL; MEDITERRANEAN COAST;

ANIMALIA; LITHOGNATHUS MORMYRUS; MORMYRUS; SPARIDAE; SPARUS AURATA;

EID: 0032007216     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(97)87421-8     Document Type: Article

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