Expression of metallothionein gene during embryonic and early larval development in zebrafish

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 215-227

  Chen, Wen Ya ^b   John, Joseph Abraham Christopher ^a   Lin, Chih Hung ^a,b   Lin, Hui Fen ^a   Wu, Shao Chun ^a   Lin, Cheng Hui ^b   Chang, Chi Yao ^a  

^a ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Danio rerio; Embryonic development; Metal responsive element (MRE); Metallothionein; Promoter; Whole mount in situ hybridization; Zebrafish; Zinc

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; CYSTEINE; DIGOXIGENIN; METALLOTHIONEIN; MOLECULAR MARKER; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMARKER; EMBRYO; FISH; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXON; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HATCHING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MOLECULAR CLONING; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ZEBRA FISH;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOMIC LIBRARY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METALLOTHIONEIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; ZEBRAFISH; ZINC;

DANIO; DANIO RERIO;

EID: 3242763874     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2004.05.004     Document Type: Article

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