Metallothionein gene expression in the larvae of Caenorhabditis elegans is a potential biomarker for cadmium and mercury

Trace Elements and Electrolytes

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 240-243

  Shimada, H ^a   Tominaga, N ^b   Kohra, S ^c   Ishibashi, H ^c   Mitsui, Y ^d   Ura, K ^d   Arizono, K ^d  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ARIAKE NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF KUMAMOTO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Caenorhabditis elegans; Mercury; Metallothionein

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADMIUM; COPPER CHLORIDE; LEAD ACETATE; MERCURY; MESSENGER RNA; METALLOTHIONEIN; VITELLOGENIN; ZINC CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENE EXPRESSION; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0141995808     PISSN: 09462104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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