Transgenic strains of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans as biomonitors of metal contamination

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 2122-2129

  Cioci, L K ^a   Qiu, Ling ^a   Freedman, Jonathan H ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomonitor; Caenorhabditis elegans; Metallothionein; Transgenic organism; Transition metals

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HEAVY METAL; METALLOTHIONEIN;

BIOMONITORING; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; METAL; NEMATODE; SOIL POLLUTION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXICOLOGY; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

EID: 0033873935     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620190823     Document Type: Article

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