High frequency of K-ras mutations in pink salmon embryos experimentally exposed to Exxon Valdez oil

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1521-1528

  Roy, Nirmal K ^a   Stabile, Joseph ^a,c   Seeb, James E ^b   Habicht, Christopher ^a,b   Wirgin, Isaac ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^c IONA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crude oil; Genetic damage; K ras; Mismatch polymerase chain reaction assay; Pink salmon

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECOTOXICITY; EMBRYO; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; ONCOGENE K RAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032997898     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1999)018<1521:HFOKRM>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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