Enhancing the tolerance of zebrafish (Danio rerio) to heavy metal toxicity by the expression of plant phytochelatin synthase

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 316-325

  Konishi, Takafumi ^a   Matsumoto, Sachiko ^a   Tsuruwaka, Yusuke ^a   Shiraki, Kentaro ^b   Hirata, Kazumasa ^c   Tamaru, Yutaka ^d   Takagi, Masahiro ^a  

^a JAPAN ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Detoxification; Glutathione; Phytochelatin; Phytochelatin synthase; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CADMIUM; CATALYSIS; DETOXIFICATION; FUNGI; HEAVY METALS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RNA;

GLUTATHIONE; PHYTOCHELATIN; PHYTOCHELATIN SYNTHASE; ZEBRAFISH;

TOXICITY;

CADMIUM; GLUTATHIONE; MESSENGER RNA; PHYTOCHELATIN SYNTHASE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DETOXIFICATION; HEAVY METAL POISONING; IN VITRO STUDY; METAL BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SYNTHESIS; WESTERN BLOTTING; ZEBRA FISH;

AMINOACYLTRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; ARABIDOPSIS; CADMIUM; DRUG TOLERANCE; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUTATHIONE; LARVA; RNA, MESSENGER; SURVIVAL RATE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZEBRAFISH;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; DANIO RERIO; FUNGI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33644646661     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2005.12.013     Document Type: Article

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