Two metallothionein genes from mud loach Misgurnus mizolepis (Teleostei; Cypriniformes): Gene structure, genomic organization, and mRNA expression analysis

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 317-326

  Cho, Young Sun ^a   Lee, Sang Yoon ^a   Kim, Keun Yong ^a   Nam, Yoon Kwon ^a  

^a Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Gene structure; Heavy metal exposure; Tail to head array; Two MT isoforms

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; DNA; IRON; ISOENZYME; MANGANESE; MESSENGER RNA; METALLOTHIONEIN I; METALLOTHIONEIN II; NICKEL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC; ISOPROTEIN; METAL; METALLOTHIONEIN;

ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; FEMALE; FISH GENETICS; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MISGURNUS MIZOLEPIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEOST; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; CYPRINIFORMES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

COBITIDAE; CYPRINIFORMES; MISGURNUS MIZOLEPIS; TELEOSTEI;

5' FLANKING REGION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYPRINIFORMES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METALLOTHIONEIN; METALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 66949168130     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2009.04.002     Document Type: Article

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