A cadmium toxicity assay using stress responsive Caenorhabditis elegans mutant strains

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 409-413

  Roh, Ji Yeon ^a   Park, Yeon Jung ^a   Choi, Jinhee ^a  

^a University of Seoul   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Caenorhabditis elegans; Mutant; Toxicity screening

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; PROTEIN AGE 1; PROTEIN CDR 2; PROTEIN CEP 1; PROTEIN CTL 2; PROTEIN CYP35A2; PROTEIN DAF 12; PROTEIN DAF 18; PROTEIN DAF 21; PROTEIN HSP 16.2; PROTEIN MTL 2; PROTEIN SKIN 1; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DAF 16; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHEMICAL STRESS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; GENE EXPRESSION; INTOXICATION; LD 50; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TOXICOKINETICS; TOXIN ANALYSIS; WILD TYPE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 70349451969     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2009.07.006     Document Type: Article

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