Metallothionein-bound cadmium in the gut of the insect Orchesella cincta (Collembola) in relation to dietary cadmium exposure

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Pharmacology Toxicology and Endocrinology

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-24

  Hensbergen, Paul J ^a   Van Velzen, Martin J M ^a   Adi Nugroho, Rully ^b   Donker, Marianne H ^a   Van Straalen, Nico M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Cadmium; Collembola; Heavy metals; Metal detoxification; Metallothionein

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CADMIUM; METALLOTHIONEIN;

ARTICLE; DIET; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME INDUCTION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GEL FILTRATION; INSECT; INTESTINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; REVERSED PHASE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CADMIUM; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; DIET; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; METALLOTHIONEIN; METALS; PROTEIN BINDING; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 0034033385     PISSN: 07428413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0742-8413(99)00087-0     Document Type: Article

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