Biomonitoring of Gulf of Patras, N. Peloponnesus, Greece. Application of a biomarker suite including evaluation of translation efficiency in Mytilus galloprovincialis cells

Environmental Research

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 211-220

  Kalpaxis, Dimitrios L ^a   Theos, Christos ^a   Xaplanteri, Maria A ^a   Dinos, George P ^a   Catsiki, Angella V ^b   Leotsinidis, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Heavy metals; Marine environment; Mussels; Translation

Indexed keywords

AMINOACYL TRANSFER RNA; HEAVY METAL; METALLOTHIONEIN;

BIOMONITORING; HEAVY METAL; MARINE POLLUTION; POLLUTION MONITORING;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHROMOSOME DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GILL; LYSOSOME MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; POLYSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; RIBOSOME; RNA TRANSLATION; TISSUE LEVEL; WATER POLLUTION;

GULF OF PATRAS; IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ITEA; MYTILUS; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS;

EID: 0842286648     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-9351(03)00048-3     Document Type: Article

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