Effect assessment of the herbicide paraquat on a green alga using differential gene expression and biochemical biomarkers

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 893-901

  Jamers, A N ^a   De Coen, W I M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Algae; Flow cytometry; Paraquat; Transcriptomics

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYLL; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FLOW CYTOMETRY; FORWARD SCATTERING; GALLIUM ALLOYS; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROARRAYS; OXYGEN; PORPHYRINS; TOXICITY; WEED CONTROL;

ADVERSE EFFECT; BIOLOGICAL ORGANIZATION; CELL CONCENTRATIONS; CELL SIZE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYLL CONTENTS; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DIFFERENTIAL GENE EXPRESSIONS; EARLY EFFECTS; EFFECTIVE CONCENTRATION; EXPOSURE CONCENTRATION; FLOW CYTOMETRIC MEASUREMENT; GENERAL KNOWLEDGE; GLUTATHIONE-S-TRANSFERASE; GREEN ALGA; GREEN FRESHWATER ALGA; HERBICIDE PARAQUAT; IN-CELL; L-ASCORBATE; MICROARRAY HYBRIDIZATION; PARAQUAT; PARTICLE COUNTERS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; REDUCED GROWTH RATE; TOXIC EFFECT; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

HERBICIDES;

ASCORBATE PEROXIDASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GLUTAREDOXIN; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HERBICIDE; PARAQUAT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; ANTIOXIDANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMARKER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DETECTION METHOD; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GREEN ALGA; GROWTH RATE; HERBICIDE; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CELL VIABILITY; CELL VOLUME; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FRESHWATER SPECIES; GENE EXPRESSION; GREEN ALGA; GROWTH RATE; HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY TESTING; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; CHLAMYDOMONAS; DNA MICROARRAY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYTA;

ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHLAMYDOMONAS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HERBICIDES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PARAQUAT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 77951069458     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.102     Document Type: Article

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