Metallothionein expression induced by nickel accumulation in the midgut of Spodoptera litura Fabricius larvae exposed to nickel

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 52, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 3227-3232

  Sun, HongXia ^a   Zhou, Qiang ^a   Tang, WenCheng ^a   Shu, YingHua ^a   Zou, ZhiWen ^a   Zhang, GuRen ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Metallothionein; Midgut; Nickel; Spodoptera litura

Indexed keywords

SPODOPTERA LITURA;

EID: 36849035431     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-007-0480-x     Document Type: Article

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