The assessment of natural causes of metallothionein variability in the gills of European chub (Squalius cephalus L.)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 209-217

  Dragun, Zrinka ^a   Podrug, Marijana ^a,b   Raspor, Biserka ^a  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^b Civil Engineering Institute of Croatia   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Cd; Chub; Cu; Cytosol; Gills; Metallothionein; River; Zn

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; METALLOTHIONEIN; RIVER WATER; ZINC;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CYTOSOL; EUROPEAN CHUB; FEMALE; FISH; GILL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SQUALIUS CEPHALUS; WATER POLLUTION;

LEUCISCUS CEPHALUS;

EID: 67649617098     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2009.04.011     Document Type: Article

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