Differential effects of copper and cadmium exposure on toxicity endpoints and gene expression in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 191-200

  Stoiber, Tasha L ^a   Shafer, Martin M ^a,b   Armstrong, David E ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b WISCONSIN STATE LABORATORY OF HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Chlamydomonas reinhardtii; Glutathione; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; BIOASSAY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYMES; EXPERIMENTS; GENE EXPRESSION; METALS; POLLUTION; TOXICITY; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIOCHEMICAL MECHANISMS; CADMIUM EXPOSURE; CD TOXICITY; CD-FREE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; DIFFERENTIAL EFFECT; GLUTATHIONE CONCENTRATION; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONES; IN-CELL; INDUCED STRESS; TRACE METAL; TRACE METALS;

CADMIUM;

CADMIUM; CHLOROPHYLL A; COPPER; GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; MESSENGER RNA; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOASSAY; CADMIUM; CELL ORGANELLE; COPPER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GREEN ALGA; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TOXICITY; TRACE METAL;

ALGAL CELL CULTURE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; HEAVY METAL POISONING; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; MICROALGA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; UPREGULATION; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; METABOLISM; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII;

CADMIUM; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; COPPER; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 77952284469     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.6     Document Type: Article

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