C. elegans metallothioneins: New insights into the phenotypic effects of cadmium toxicosis

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 341, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 951-959

  Swain, S C ^a   Keusekotten, K ^a   Baumeister, R ^b   Sturzenbaum S R ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

C. elegans; cadmium; GFP; knock out; metallothionein

Indexed keywords

ANTITOXIN; CADMIUM; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HEAVY METAL; METALLOTHIONEIN;

ARTICLE; CADMIUM TOXICOSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEAVY METAL POISONING; KNOCKOUT GENE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSGENE; UPREGULATION; WILD TYPE;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 3843151533     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2004.06.050     Document Type: Article

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