Metallothionein gene and protein expression as a biomarker for metal pollution in natural gudgeon populations

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 163-172

  Knapen, Dries ^a   Reynders, Hans ^a   Bervoets, Lieven ^a   Verheyen, Erik ^b   Blust, Ronny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Gobio gobio; Gudgeon; Metal pollution; Metallothionein; Protein expression

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADMIUM; MESSENGER RNA; METAL; METALLOTHIONEIN; PROTEIN; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMARKER; CLEANUP; CYPRINID; HEAVY METAL; METALLOTHIONEIN; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; PROTEIN;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GOBIO GOBIO; LIVER METABOLISM; METAL RECOVERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CYPRINIDAE; DNA PRIMERS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; GENE EXPRESSION; LIVER; METALLOTHIONEIN; METALS, HEAVY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; FLANDERS; WESTERN EUROPE;

GOBIO; GOBIO GOBIO;

EID: 34047224835     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2007.02.008     Document Type: Article

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