Cloning and characterization of cDNA probes for the analysis of metallothionein gene expression in the Mediterranean bivalves: Ruditapes decussatus and Cerastoderma glaucum

Molecular Biology Reports

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1007-1014

  Ladhar Chaabouni, Rim ^a   Mokdad Gargouri, Raja ^b   Denis, Françoise ^c   Hamza Chaffai, Amel ^a  

^a University of Sfax   (Tunisia)

^b CENTRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE SFAX   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU MAINE   (France)

Author keywords

cDNA; Cerastoderma glaucum; Expression; Metallothionein; Ruditapes decussatus

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM CHLORIDE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYSTEINE; METALLOTHIONEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CERASTODERMA GLAUCUM; CLAM; COCKLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; DNA PROBE; DNA SYNTHESIS; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; METALLOTHIONEIN GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RUDITAPES DECUSSATUS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TISSUE LEVEL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIVALVIA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PROBES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GILLS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; METALLOTHIONEIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TIME FACTORS;

BIVALVIA; CERASTODERMA GLAUCUM; VENERUPIS (RUDITAPES) DECUSSATUS;

EID: 63949087862     PISSN: 03014851     EISSN: 15734978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-008-9274-8     Document Type: Article

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