Metallothionein coding sequence identification and seasonal mRNA expression of detoxification genes in the bivalve Corbicula fluminea

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 382-387

  Bigot, Aurélie ^a   Doyen, Périne ^a   Vasseur, Paule ^a   Rodius, François ^a  

^a Faculté des Sciences et Technologies   (France)

Author keywords

Antioxidant system; Biomarkers; Corbicula fluminea; Metallothionein; mRNA level; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CATALASE; CYSTEINE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; METALLOTHIONEIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

BIOMARKER; BIOMONITORING; BIVALVE; DETOXIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; METALLOTHIONEIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIVALVE; DETOXIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EXOCRINE GLAND; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CATALASE; CORBICULA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENETIC CODE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; METABOLIC DETOXICATION, DRUG; METALLOTHIONEIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEASONS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

BIVALVIA; CORBICULA FLUMINEA;

EID: 54949086680     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2008.04.014     Document Type: Article

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