Metallothionein role in the kinetic model of copper accumulation and elimination in the clam Ruditapes decussatus

Environmental Research

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 390-399

  Serafim, A ^a   Bebianno, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Copper; Kinetics; Metallothionein; Ruditapes decussatus

Indexed keywords

COPPER; GLUTATHIONE; METALLOTHIONEIN;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIVALVE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; KINETICS; METALLOTHIONEIN; MODELING;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOACCUMULATION; CLAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; CYTOSOLIC FRACTION; ELIMINATION REACTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXOCRINE GLAND; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GILL; HALF LIFE TIME; LC 50; LIGAND BINDING; METAL BINDING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXICOKINETICS;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; COPPER; CYTOSOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GILLS; HALF-LIFE; KINETICS; LETHAL DOSE 50; METALLOTHIONEIN; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEIN BINDING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS;

BIVALVIA; VENERUPIS (RUDITAPES) DECUSSATUS;

EID: 64749098843     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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