Relationship between metallothionein and metal contents in red-blooded and white-blooded Antarctic teleosts

Polar Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 383-391

  Santovito, Gianfranco ^a   Irato, Paola ^a   Piccinni, Ester ^a   Albergoni, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; METAL; METALLOTHIONEIN; TELEOST;

ANTARCTICA;

CHIONODRACO HAMATUS; MAMMALIA; TELEOSTEI; TREMATOMUS BERNACCHII;

EID: 0034120383     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003000050459     Document Type: Article

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