Metallothionein biosynthesis as a detoxification mechanism in mercury exposure in fish, spotted scat (Scatophagus argus)

Fish Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1235-1242

  Sinaie, Mahmood ^a   Bastami, Kazem Darvish ^b   Ghorbanpour, Masoud ^c   Najafzadeh, Hossein ^c   Shekari, Majid ^a   Haghparast, Sara ^d  

^a Marine Science and Technology University   (Iran)

^b Iranian National Center for Oceanography   (Iran)

^c SHAHID CHAMRAN UNIVERSITY OF AHVAZ   (Iran)

^d GORGAN UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Biomarker; Mercury; Pollution; Scatophagus argus

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MERCURY; METALLOTHIONEIN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GILL; LIVER; METABOLISM; PERCIFORMES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GILLS; LIVER; MERCURY; METALLOTHIONEIN; PERCIFORMES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

SCATOPHAGUS; SCATOPHAGUS ARGUS;

EID: 78149495648     PISSN: 09201742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10695-010-9403-x     Document Type: Article

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