Cellular responses to environmental contaminants in amoebic cells of the slime mould Dictyostelium discoideum

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 150-157

  Dondero, Francesco ^a   Jonsson, Henrik ^a   Rebelo, Mauro ^a   Pesce, Gabriella ^a   Berti, Elena ^a   Pons, Giovanni ^a   Viarengo, Aldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benzo a pyrene; Bioassay; Biomarkers; Calcium homeostasis; Dictyostelium discoideum; Heavy metals; Mercury; Phospholipase A2

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; BENZO[A]PYRENE; CALCIUM ION; COPPER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HEAVY METAL; MERCURY; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AMOEBA; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CELL; CELL GROWTH; CELL LINE; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; ENDOCYTOSIS; EXPOSURE; LYSOSOME MEMBRANE; MOULD; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRESS;

DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM;

EID: 33646199026     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2006.01.005     Document Type: Article

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