Metallothionein-like proteins and zinc-copper interaction in the hindgut of Porcellio scaber (Crustacea: Isopoda) exposed to zinc

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 253-264

  Znidarsic N ^a   Tusek Znidaric M ^a,b   Falnoga, I ^b   Scancar J ^b   Strus J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Copper; Crustacea; Digestive system; Hindgut; Metallothionein; Porcellio scaber; Zinc

Indexed keywords

COPPER; METALLOTHIONEIN LIKE PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER METABOLISM; CRUSTACEA; CYTOSOL; DIETARY INTAKE; ELUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTESTINE; INTESTINE CELL; ISOPODA; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; ZINC METABOLISM;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; COPPER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ISOPODA; METALLOTHIONEIN; ZINC;

ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA; GASTROPODA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPODA; NEMATODA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PORCELLIO SCABER;

EID: 24044461423     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/BTER:106:3:253     Document Type: Article

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