A transgenic strain of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans as a biomonitor for heavy metal contamination

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1311-1318

  Ma, Hongbo ^a   Glenn, Travis C ^a   Jagoe, Charles H ^b   Jones, Kenneth L ^a   Williams, Phillip L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Caenorhabditis elegans; Green fluorescence protein; Heavy metals; Metallothionein

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE APPROACH; AQUATIC MEDIA; AQUATIC SYSTEM; BEHAVIORAL CHANGES; BIOMONITOR; BIOMONITORING; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONCENTRATION-DEPENDENT; ELEGANS; GFP EXPRESSION; GREEN FLUORESCENCE PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENCE PROTEINS; HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION; METAL CONTAMINATION; METALLOTHIONEIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION-POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMI-QUANTITATIVE; SOIL NEMATODE; TRANSGENE EXPRESSION; TRANSGENIC; TRANSGENIC STRAINS; TRANSGENIC SYSTEM;

ARSENIC; BIOASSAY; DETOXIFICATION; FLUORESCENCE; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; MERCURY (METAL); METALS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; TELLURIC PROSPECTING; TRANSCRIPTION; ZINC;

CADMIUM;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COPPER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY; NICKEL; ZINC;

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOASSAY; BIOMARKER; BIOMONITORING; DETOXIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; HEAVY METAL; NEMATODE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PROTEIN; REAL TIME; SOIL POLLUTION;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LETHALITY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DNA PRIMERS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; METALS, HEAVY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 67649198057     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/08-496.1     Document Type: Article

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