cDNA cloning and expression analysis of the catalytic subunit of glutamate cysteine ligase gene in an annelid polychaete after cadmium exposure: A potential tool for pollution biomonitoring

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 410-415

  Sandrini, Juliana Z ^a,b   Laurino, Jomar ^c   Hatanaka, Terumi ^d   Monserrat, José M ^a,b   Marins, Luis F ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

^b Instituto de Ciências Biológicas   (Brazil)

^c PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Annelid; Biomonitoring; Cadmium exposure; Gene expression; Glutamate cysteine ligase catalytic subunit; Glutathione

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME DEGRADATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; LAEONEREIS ACUTA; NEREIDIDAE; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 33746065629     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2006.04.004     Document Type: Article

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