Metallothionein-2 gene from the mandarin fish Siniperca chuatsi: cDNA cloning, tissue expression, and immunohistochemical localization

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 18-25

  Gao, Dian ^a,b   Wang, Gui Tang ^a   Chen, Xing Tao ^a,b   Nie, Pin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Expression; Gene; Mandarin fish; Metallothionein

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENOMIC DNA; HEAVY METAL; HYBRID PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; METALLOTHIONEIN II; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GILL; HEART; HEAVY METAL POISONING; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE; KIDNEY; LIVER; MANDARIN FISH; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINIPERCA CHUATSI; TATA BOX; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALIA; SINIPERCA CHUATSI;

EID: 56949091486     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2008.05.014     Document Type: Article

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