Expression of metallothionein genes I and II in bank vole clethrionomys glareolus populations chronically exposed in situ to heavy metals

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1032-1037

  Świergosz Kowalewska, Renata ^a   Bednarska, Agnieszka ^a   Callaghan, Amanda ^b  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b Biomolecular Sciences Section   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION; NORMALIZATION FACTOR (NF);

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CONTAMINATION; GENES; HEAVY METALS; TISSUE;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

BETA ACTIN; CADMIUM; IRON; LEAD; METALLOTHIONEIN I; METALLOTHIONEIN II; RNA 18S; ZINC;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CONTAMINATION; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HEAVY METALS; TISSUE;

BIOACCUMULATION; DETOXIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HEAVY METAL; METALLOTHIONEIN; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENE EXPRESSION; GONAD; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; KIDNEY; LIVER; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VOLE;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; CADMIUM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; KIDNEY; METALLOTHIONEIN; METALS, HEAVY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS; ZINC;

ANIMALIA; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; MURIDAE;

EID: 33846820306     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0616276     Document Type: Article

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