Assessment of heavy metal contamination using real-time PCR analysis of mussel metallothionein mt10 and mt20 expression: A validation along the Tunisian coast

Biomarkers

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 369-383

  Banni, M ^a,b   Dondero, F ^a   Jebali, J ^b   Guerbej, H ^c   Boussetta, H ^b   Viarengo, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^b Laboratory of Biochemistry and Environmental Toxicology   (Tunisia)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LA MER   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Gene expression; Heavy metals; Metallothionein; Mussels; Real time quantitative PCR

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; MALONALDEHYDE; MESSENGER RNA; METALLOTHIONEIN; PROTEIN MT10; PROTEIN MT20; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASHORE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TUNISIA; VALIDATION PROCESS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; METALLOTHIONEIN; METALS, HEAVY; MYTILUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

MYTILIDAE; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS;

EID: 34250721661     PISSN: 1354750X     EISSN: 13665804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13547500701217061     Document Type: Article

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