Induction and metal speciation of metallothionein in wood mice (Apodemus sylvaticus) along a metal pollution gradient

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 506-514

  Rogival, Damien ^a   Van Campenhout, Karen ^b   Infante, Heidi Goenaga ^c   Hearn, Ruth ^c   Scheirs, Jan ^a   Blust, Ronny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b Flemish Government   (Belgium)

^c LGC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apodemus sylvaticus; Biomarker; Heavy metal; Metallothionein; Mice

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BINDING ENERGY; BIOASSAY; CADMIUM; CONTAMINATION; COPPER; POLLUTION; ZINC;

APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; METAL CONTAMINATION; METALLOTHIONEIN; MICE;

PROTEINS;

CADMIUM; COPPER; METALLOTHIONEIN; ZINC;

BIOASSAY; BIOMARKER; CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; METALLOTHIONEIN; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RODENT; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOLIC FRACTION; DETOXIFICATION; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOMEOSTASIS; MASS SPECTROMETER; METAL BINDING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT;

ANIMALS; CADMIUM; COPPER; CYTOSOL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; KIDNEY; LIVER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METALLOTHIONEIN; METALS; MICE; ZINC;

APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; MUS;

EID: 34047113509     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/06-351R1.1     Document Type: Article

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