Vitellogenin levels in mussel hemolymph - A suitable biomarker for the exposure to estrogens?

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 75-84

  Riffeser, M ^a   Hock, B ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

17 Estradiol; 2D Electrophoresis; Anodonta cygnea; Biomarker; Egg yolk proteins; Heavy metal binding protein; Histidine rich glycoprotein; Mussels; Mytilus edulis; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; PLASMA PROTEIN; VITELLOGENIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; FEMALE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HEMOLYMPH; MALE; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TWO DIMENSIONAL ELECTROPHORESIS; VITELLOGENESIS;

ANODONTA; ANODONTA CYGNEA; MYTILUS; MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 0036258874     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1532-0456(02)00048-0     Document Type: Article

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