Expression of metallothionein and α-tubulin in heavy metal-tolerant Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto (Diptera: Culicidae)

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 46-50

  Mireji, Paul O ^a,b   Keating, Joseph ^c   Hassanali, Ahmed ^d   Impoinvil, Daniel E ^e   Mbogo, Charles M ^f   Muturi, Martha N ^b   Nyambaka, Hudson ^d   Kenya, Eucharia U ^d   Githure, John I ^b   Beier, John C ^g  

^a EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^f KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

tubulin; Anopheles gambiae s.s.; Heavy metals; Metallothionein; Pollution; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; METALLOTHIONEIN;

BIOINDICATOR; CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LARVA; MOSQUITO; POLLUTION; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; PROTEIN;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAVY METAL POISONING; INDICATOR ORGANISM; METAL TOLERANCE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CADMIUM; COPPER; DRUG TOLERANCE; LEAD; LETHAL DOSE 50; METALLOTHIONEIN; METALS, HEAVY; RNA, MESSENGER; TUBULIN;

ANOPHELES (GENUS); ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 70350710031     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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