Genotoxic evaluation of different δ-endotoxins from Bacillus thuringiensis on zebrafish adults and development in early life stages

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 672, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 119-123

  Grisolia, Cesar Koppe ^a   Oliveira, Rhaul ^b   Domingues, Inês ^b   Oliveira Filho, Eduardo Cyrino ^c   Monerat, Rose Gomes ^c   Soares, Amadeu M V M ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Binary mixtures; Embryo toxicity; Glutathione S transferase; Micronucleus; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS TOXIN; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EMBRYO; EMBRYOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE; GENOME; GENOTOXICITY; GILL; MICRONUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; DNA DAMAGE; ENDOTOXINS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; ZEBRAFISH;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; DANIO RERIO; HEXAPODA;

EID: 58649111493     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2008.10.017     Document Type: Article

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