When adapted to high zinc concentrations the periphytic green alga Stigeoclonium tenue produces high amounts of novel phytochelatin-related peptides

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 155-163

  Pawlik Skowrońska, Barbara ^a  

^a POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Alga; Lead; Phytochelatin; Zinc tolerance

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; LEAD; METAL; PHYTOCHELATIN; THIOL; ZINC;

ECOTYPE; GREEN ALGA; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; ZINC;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GREEN ALGA; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MINING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; WATER POLLUTION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALGAE, GREEN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GLUTATHIONE; METALLOPROTEINS; MINING; PEPTIDE BIOSYNTHESIS; WATER POLLUTANTS; ZINC;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; STIGEOCLONIUM TENUE;

EID: 0037462270     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-445X(02)00080-2     Document Type: Article

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