Uptake of arsenic-betaines by the mussel Mytilus edulis

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Pharmacology Toxicology and Endocrinology

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 131-137

  Francesconi, Kevin A ^a   Gailer, Jürgen ^b   Edmonds, John S ^c   Goessler, Walter ^b   Irgolic, Kurt J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c WESTERN AUSTRALIAN FISHERIES AND MARINE RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Arsenic; Arsenobetaine; Betaine; Mussels; Mytilus edulis; Osmolyte; Osmoregulation; Retention

Indexed keywords

ARSENOBETAINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ARSENICALS; BIVALVIA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHYLATION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0032969165     PISSN: 07428413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0742-8413(98)10095-6     Document Type: Article

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