Characterization of glutathione S-transferase activity in the Asiatic clam Corbicula fluminea

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 455-462

  Vidal, M L ^a   Narbonne, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 CHLORO 2,4 DINITROBENZENE; 1,2 DICHLORO 4 NITROBENZENE; ETACRYNIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CATALYSIS; CLAM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIVALVIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; XENOBIOTICS;

BIVALVIA; CORBICULA FLUMINEA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 0034019737     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001280000022     Document Type: Article

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