Chemical-induced alteration of hemoglobin expression in the 4th instar larvae of Chironomus tentans Mg. (Diptera: Chironomidae)

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 393-398

  Ha, Mi Hee ^a   Choi, Jinhee ^a  

^a University of Seoul   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chironomus tentans; Ecotoxicity; Environmental contaminants; Hemoglobin multiplicity

Indexed keywords

BENZO[A]PYRENE; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CHLORPYRIFOS; HEMOGLOBIN; MESSENGER RNA; NONYLPHENOL;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD TOXICITY; CHIRONOMIDAE; ECOTOXICITY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENE EXPRESSION; INDICATOR ORGANISM; ISOELECTRIC POINT; LARVA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TOXICITY TESTING;

CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS TENTANS; DIPTERA;

EID: 39549083234     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2007.12.006     Document Type: Article

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