Cloning and sequencing of a novel metallothionein gene in Mytilus galloprovincialis Lam

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 217-222

  Ceratto, Nadia ^a   Dondero, Francesco ^a   Van de Loo, Jan Willem ^a   Burlando, Bruno ^a   Viarengo, Aldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cloning; Genomic DNA; Metallothionein; MT20 metallothionein isoform; Mytilus galloprovincialis; Polymerase chain reaction (PCR); Sequencing

Indexed keywords

ISOPROTEIN; METALLOTHIONEIN;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; EXON; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; HOMEOSTASIS; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

MOLLUSCA; MYTILUS; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS;

EID: 0036129287     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1532-0456(02)00008-X     Document Type: Article

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