Copper toxicity in gills of the teleost fish, Oreochromis niloticus: Effects in apoptosis induction and cell proliferation

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 219-228

  Monteiro, Sandra Mariza ^a   dos Santos, Nuno M S ^b   Calejo, Margarida ^c   Fontainhas Fernandes, António ^a   Sousa, Mário ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Caspase; Copper; Gills; Oreochromis niloticus; Teleostei

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CASPASE 3; COPPER; CYCLINE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; APOPTOSIS; BIOASSAY; CELL ORGANELLE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; ENZYME; GENE EXPRESSION; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME; RESPIRATION; TELEOST; TOXICITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GILL; IN VIVO STUDY; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TELEOST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CASPASE 3; CELL PROLIFERATION; CICHLIDS; COPPER; GILLS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, MESSENGER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 69249213355     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2009.07.008     Document Type: Article

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