Metallothionein mRNA expression and cadmium tolerance in metal-stressed and reference populations of the springtail Orchesella cincta

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 727-739

  Timmermans, Martijn J T N ^a   Ellers, Jacintha ^a   Roelofs, Dick ^a   Van Straalen, Nico M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cadmium tolerance; Collembola; Metallothionein; Orchesella cincta; Quantitative PCR

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; MESSENGER RNA; METALLOTHIONEIN;

CADMIUM; RNA; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; TOLERANCE; TOXICITY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CADMIUM TOLERANCE; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; METAL TOLERANCE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL POLLUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; UPREGULATION;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METALLOTHIONEIN; METALS, HEAVY; RNA, MESSENGER; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

COLLEMBOLA; ORCHESELLA CINCTA;

EID: 26444504945     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-005-0020-x     Document Type: Article

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