Cytotoxicity of aged cadmium-telluride quantum dots to rainbow trout hepatocytes

Nanotoxicology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 113-120

  Gagné, François ^a   Maysinger, Dusica ^b   André, Chantale ^a   Blaise, Christian ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cadmium telluride quantum dots; Colloidal interactions; Protein folding; Trout hepatocytes

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADMIUM; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; METALLOTHIONEIN; QUANTUM DOT; TELLURIUM DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA DAMAGE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAINBOW TROUT;

ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 49549088575     PISSN: 17435390     EISSN: 17435404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17435390802245708     Document Type: Article

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