Immunochemical quantification of metallothioneins in marine mollusks: Characterization of a metal exposure bioindicator

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1009-1014

  Boutet, Isabelle ^a   Tanguy, Arnaud ^a   Auffret, Michel ^a   Riso, Ricardo ^a   Moraga, Dario ^a  

^a INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

Author keywords

Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Metal contamination; Metallothioneins; Oysters

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; AQUACULTURE; BIOMARKERS; CONTAMINATION; ENZYME KINETICS; ESTUARIES; IMMUNOLOGY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAYS;

BIOASSAY;

ANTIGEN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; METAL; METALLOTHIONEIN; REAGENT; RECOMBINANT ANTIBODY;

BIOINDICATOR;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIVALVE; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESTUARY; EXOCRINE GLAND; EXPOSURE; GILL; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOLLUSC; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; OYSTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RABBIT; SALINITY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GILLS; METALLOTHIONEIN; METALS, HEAVY; OSTREIDAE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; CRASSOSTREA; CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 0036590259     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(2002)021<1009:IQOMIM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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