Arsenic toxicity and HSP70 expression in Xenopus laevis embryos

Alternatives to Laboratory Animals

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 597-603

  Gornati, Rosalba ^a   Monetti, Claudio ^a   Vigetti, Davide ^a   Bosisio, Stefano ^a   Fortaner, Salvador ^b   Sabbioni, Enrico ^b   Bernardini, Giovanni ^a   Prati, Mariangela ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c Dipto Biol Strutturale Funzionale   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Arsenic; Embryotoxicity; FETAX; Heat shock protein

Indexed keywords

ARSENATE DISODIUM; ARSENIC; ARSENITE SODIUM; CACODYLIC ACID; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TERATOGENICITY; TOXICITY; VERTEBRATE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0036876145     PISSN: 02611929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026119290203000606     Document Type: Conference Paper

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