Nuclear and cytosolic distribution of metallothionein in the blue mussel Mytilus edulis L.

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 46-51

  del Castillo, Erika ^a   Robinson, William E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytosol; Karyophilic metallothionein; Marine mussels; Metallothionein; Mytilus sp.; Nuclear translocation; Nucleus; Subcellular distribution

Indexed keywords

DNA; METALLOTHIONEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CENTRIFUGATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CYTOSOLIC FRACTION; EXOCRINE GLAND; GILL; MUSCLE TISSUE; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIVALVIA; MYTILIDAE; MYTILUS EDULIS; MYTILUS SP.;

EID: 47949114980     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2008.05.008     Document Type: Article

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