The suitability of gallium as a substitute for aluminum in tracing experiments

BioMetals

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 221-230

  Walton, Rachel C ^a   White, Keith N ^a   Livens, Francis ^a   McCrohan, Catherine R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aluminum; Aquatic toxicology; Bioaccumulation; Freshwater snail; Gallium; Lymnaea stagnalis; Metal toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CELL PROTEIN; GALLIUM; HEAT DENATURABLE PROTEIN; HEAT STABLE PROTEIN; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS; FRESH WATER;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CELL GRANULE; CELL ORGANELLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; EGG LAYING; EXOCRINE GLAND; HATCHING; ISOTOPE LABELING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SNAIL; SOFT TISSUE; TOXICITY TESTING; ANIMAL; CELL FRACTIONATION; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; LYMNAEA; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; STAINING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; BASOMMATOPHORA; GASTROPODA; LYMNAEA STAGNALIS;

ALUMINUM; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; GALLIUM; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; LYMNAEA; OVUM; STAINING AND LABELING; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 77952479254     PISSN: 09660844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10534-009-9280-x     Document Type: Article

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