Arsenic (+ 3 oxidation state) methyltransferase and the methylation of arsenicals in the invertebrate chordate Ciona intestinalis

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 70-76

  Thomas, David J ^a   Nava, Gerardo M ^b   Cai, Shi Ying ^c,d   Boyer, James L ^c,d   Hernández Zavala, Araceli ^e   Gaskins, H Rex ^b,c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c MOUNT DESERT ISLAND BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Ciona intestinalis; Comparative genomics; Methyltransferases; Toxicogenomics

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ARSENIC METHYLTRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; METHYLTRANSFERASE; ORGANOARSENIC DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHORDATA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HEART; INVERTEBRATE; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; OXIDATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEADY STATE; TISSUE LEVEL; TOXICOKINETICS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARSENITES; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BRANCHIAL REGION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CIONA INTESTINALIS; DATABASES, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; METHYLATION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYOCARDIUM; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 75249099175     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfp250     Document Type: Article

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