Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) metallothionein: cDNA sequence, expression, and tissue-specific inhibition of cadmium-mediated metallothionein induction by 17β-estradiol, 4-OH-PCB 30, and PCB 104

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 638-645

  Gerpe, Marcela ^a   Kling, Peter ^a   Berg, Axel Håkan ^a   Olsson, Per Erik ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arctic char; Estrogen; Metallothionein; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; HEAVY METAL; MESSENGER RNA; METALLOTHIONEIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FISH; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

SALVELINUS ALPINUS;

EID: 0034000743     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620190316     Document Type: Article

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