Molecular cloning and sequence analysis and the response of a aryl hydrocarbon receptor homologue gene in the clam Ruditapes philippinarum exposed to benzo(a)pyrene

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 279-287

  Liu, Na ^a   Pan, Luqing ^a   Miao, Jingjing ^a   Xu, Chaoqun ^a   Zhang, Lin ^a  

^a Ocean University of China   (China)

Author keywords

AhR; Benzo(a)pyrene; CDNA cloning; MRNA expression; Ruditapes philippinarum; Tissue expression profile

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; BENZO[A]PYRENE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXOCRINE GLAND; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GILL; INVERTEBRATE; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RUDITAPES PHILIPPINARUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BIVALVIA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; VENERUPIS (RUDITAPES) PHILIPPINARUM;

EID: 77955054270     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2010.05.004     Document Type: Article

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