Metallothionein in the freshwater gastropod Melanopsis dufouri chronically exposed to cadmium: A methodological approach

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 779-787

  Ureña, Rocío ^a   João Bebianno, Maria ^b   del Ramo, Jose ^a   Torreblanca, Amparo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Differential pulse polarography; Gastropod; Metallothionein; Silver saturation assay

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; METALLOTHIONEIN;

ASSAY; BIOACCUMULATION; CADMIUM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; GASTROPOD; METALLOTHIONEIN; SILVER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL PULSE POLAROGRAPHY; FRESHWATER SPECIES; GASTROPOD; MELANOPSIS DUFOURI; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SEA POLLUTION; ULTRAFILTRATION;

ANIMALS; CADMIUM; METALLOTHIONEIN; SNAILS; TOXICITY TESTS, CHRONIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BASOMMATOPHORA; GASTROPODA; MELANOPSIS DUFOURI;

EID: 77953540847     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2010.02.010     Document Type: Article

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