Cloning and characterization of metallothionein cDNAs in the mussel Mytilus edulis L. digestive gland

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Pharmacology Toxicology and Endocrinology

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 287-296

  Baršyte, Dalia ^a,b   White, Keith N ^b   Lovejoy, David A ^b  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b Sch Biol S   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Detoxification; Gene duplication; Heavy metals; Metallothioneins; Protein evolution; Sea mussel; Stress

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HEAVY METAL; MESSENGER RNA; METALLOTHIONEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DETOXIFICATION; EXOCRINE GLAND; GENE DUPLICATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; STRESS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIVALVIA; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE LIBRARY; METALLOTHIONEIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0041818222     PISSN: 07428413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0742-8413(98)10126-3     Document Type: Article

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