Metal ion-responsive transgenic Xenopus laevis as an environmental monitoring animal

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 153-159

  Oofusa, Ken ^a,b,c,d   Tooi, Osamu ^a,b,d   Kashiwagi, Akihiko ^b   Kashiwagi, Keiko ^b   Kondo, Yasuyuki ^b   Obara, Masanobu ^a,b   Yoshizato, Katsutoshi ^a,b  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c PhoenixBio USA Corporation   (Japan)

^d Towa Kagaku Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Enhanced green fluorescent protein; Environmental hazard monitoring; Germ line transgenic tadpole; Metallothionein; Zinc

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HEAVY METAL; METAL ION; METALLOTHIONEIN; WATER; ZINC ION;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERTILIZATION; FLUORESCENCE; GERM LINE; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPERM; TADPOLE; TIME; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0037381948     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1382-6689(03)00003-6     Document Type: Article

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