Using the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans as a model animal for assessing the toxicity induced by microcystin-LR

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 395-401

  LI, Yunhui ^a,b   WANG, Yang ^a,b   YIN, Lihong ^a   PU, Yuepu ^a   WANG, Dayong ^a,b  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

brood size; Caenorhabditis elegans; microcystin LR; stress response; toxicity assessment

Indexed keywords

BROOD SIZE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MICROCYSTIN-LR; STRESS RESPONSE; TOXICITY ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALS; SEMICONDUCTOR COUNTERS; TOXICITY;

ELECTRIC REACTORS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; ENZYME INHIBITOR; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HSP 16.2 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; HSP-16.2 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; HYBRID PROTEIN; MARINE TOXIN; MICROCYSTIN; MICROCYSTIN LR;

BROOD SIZE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); NEMATODE; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HUMANS; MARINE TOXINS; MICROCYSTINS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 62249205240     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(08)62282-2     Document Type: Article

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