Euglena gracilis as a model for the study of Cu2+ and Zn2+ toxicity and accumulation in eukaryotic cells

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 779-786

  Einicker Lamas, Marcelo ^a   Antunes Mezian, Gustavo ^a   Benevides Fernandes, Thiago ^a   Silva, Fabio Leandro S ^a   Guerra, Flávio ^a   Miranda, Kildare ^a   Attias, Marcia ^a   Oliveira, Mecia M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cu2+; Euglena gracilis; Heavy metals; Pollution; Zn2+

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; CELLS; DETOXIFICATION; ELECTRONS; LIPIDS; METABOLISM; MICROANALYSIS; PROTEINS; TOXICITY;

EUKARYOTIC CELLS;

COPPER;

COPPER; ZINC;

HEAVY METAL;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CELL DIVISION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VACUOLE; CHLOROPLAST; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; EUGLENA GRACILIS; EUKARYOTIC CELL; INTOXICATION; LC 50; MICROANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; TOXICITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CHLOROPLASTS; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; EUGLENA GRACILIS; LETHAL DOSE 50; LIPID METABOLISM; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PROTEINS; ZINC;

EUGLENA; EUGLENA GRACILIS; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0036887653     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(02)00170-7     Document Type: Article

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