Field-selected cadmium tolerance in the springtail Orchesella cincta is correlated with increased metallothionein mRNA expression

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 741-747

  Sterenborg, Ingrid ^a   Roelofs, Dick ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Collembola; Heavy metals; Metal tolerance; Metallothionein; Orchesella cincta

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; COLLEMBOLA; ORCHESELLA; ORCHESELLA CINCTA;

EID: 0038643771     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(03)00070-5     Document Type: Article

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