Changes in zinc, copper and metallothionein contents during oocyte growth and early development of the teleost Danio rerio (zebrafish)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 191-196

  Riggio, Marilisa ^a   Filosa, Silvana ^a   Parisi, Elio ^b   Scudiero, Rosaria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF PROTEIN BIOCHEMISTRY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Danio rerio; DNA methylation; Embryogenesis; Metal micronutrients; Metallothionein; Oogenesis

Indexed keywords

5 AZA 2' DEOXYCYTIDINE; CADMIUM; COPPER; METALLOTHIONEIN; ZINC;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTULA; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GASTRULA; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TELEOST; ZEBRA FISH;

DANIO; DANIO RERIO; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0037485442     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1532-0456(03)00107-8     Document Type: Article

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