Inhibition of digestive enzyme activities by copper in the guts of various marine benthic invertebrates

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1243-1248

  Chen, Zhen ^a   Mayer, Lawrence M ^a   Weston, Donald P ^b   Bock, Michael J ^a   Jumars, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Copper; Digestive; Enzyme; Invertebrates

Indexed keywords

COPPER; ESTERASE; PROTEINASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; BETA GLUCOSIDASE; ENZYME;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; INVERTEBRATE; PH; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTANT; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; BENTHOS; BINDING SITE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECHINODERM; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; INTESTINE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METAL BINDING; NONHUMAN; POLYCHAETA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILIZATION;

ANIMALS; COPPER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENDOPEPTIDASES; ESTERASES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INVERTEBRATES; LIPASE; WATER POLLUTANTS; ANIMAL; GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

AMINO ACIDS; COPPER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENZYME INHIBITION; PH EFFECTS; TITRATION;

BENTHIC ORGANISMS;

ENZYMES;

COPPER; DIGESTION; MARINE SEDIMENT; POLLUTION EFFECT; ZOOBENTHOS;

EID: 0036001285     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620210618     Document Type: Article

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