Natural variation in a metallothionein-like protein in Tubifex tubifex in the absence of metal exposure

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 22-28

  Gillis, Patricia L ^a,b,c   Reynoldson, Trefor B ^a   Dixon, D George ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environmental stressors; False induction; Life stage; Metallothionein like protein; Oligochaete; Sub cellular biomarker; Tubifex tubifex

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; METAL; METALLOTHIONEIN LIKE PROTEIN; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

HEAVY METAL; LIFE HISTORY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REPRODUCTION; STRESS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMAL EXPOSURE; WEIGHT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY WEIGHT; LARVA; METALLOTHIONEIN; METALS, HEAVY; OLIGOCHAETA; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE;

TUBIFEX TUBIFEX;

EID: 1842861842     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2003.08.016     Document Type: Article

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