Hg and metallothionein-like proteins in the black scabbardfish Aphanopus carbo

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1443-1452

  Bebianno, M J ^a   Santos, C ^a   Canario J ^b   Gouveia, N ^c   Sena Carvalho, D ^c   Vale, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

^c Direcção Regional das Pescas ^*  (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aphanopus carbo; Black scabbardfish; Hg; MT

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; METALLOTHIONEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOSOL; DETOXIFICATION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GILL; HEAT TREATMENT; LIVER; METAL BINDING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN VARIANT; SEA FOOD;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GILLS; LIVER; MERCURY; METALLOTHIONEIN; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PERCIFORMES; PORTUGAL; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS;

APHANOPUS CARBO; LEPIDOPUS CAUDATUS;

EID: 34447272745     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2007.02.003     Document Type: Article

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