RNA/DNA ratios as a sublethal endpoint for large-scale toxicity tests with the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1155-1159

  Ibiam, Udu ^a   Grant, Alastair ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Growth; Metals; RNA DNA ratio; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; DNA; LEAD; RNA; ZINC;

MODEL SYSTEMS; MOLECULAR LEVEL; NEMATODE;

TOXICITY;

CADMIUM; COPPER; DNA; LEAD; RNA; ZINC;

METAL; NEMATODE; POPULATION GROWTH; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; TOXICITY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL COUNT; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA RNA RATIO; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GROWTH INHIBITION; LIFE HISTORY; MASS SCREENING; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBLETHAL TOXICITY; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; CADMIUM; COPPER; DNA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LEAD; METALS; MOVEMENT; NEMATODA; REPRODUCTION; RNA; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TIME FACTORS; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER POLLUTANTS; ZINC;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 18244391209     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/04-262R.1     Document Type: Article

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