Cadmium toxicity on the freshwater microalga Chlamydomonas moewusii Gerloff: Biosynthesis of thiol compounds

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2009-2015

  Suárez, Cristina ^a   Torres, Enrique ^a   Pérez Rama, Mónica ^a   Herrero, Concepción ^a   Abalde, Julio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Chlamydomonas moewusii; Phytochelatins; Thiols; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID CYSTEINE; CADMIUM TOXICITY; CD CONCENTRATIONS; CHLAMYDOMONAS; GLUTATHIONE CONCENTRATION; GLUTATHIONES; INHIBITORY EFFECT; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; MICROALGA; PHYTOCHELATINS; POPULATION GROWTH; THIOL COMPOUNDS; THIOLS;

ALGAE; AMINO ACIDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CELL CULTURE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GROWTH KINETICS; MICROCOMPUTERS; POLLUTION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TOXICITY;

CADMIUM;

CADMIUM; CYSTEINE; GLUTATHIONE; PHYTOCHELATIN; THIOL;

AMINO ACID; CADMIUM; CHELATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; INHIBITION; MICROALGA; POPULATION GROWTH; THIOL; TOXICITY;

ALGAL GROWTH; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CADMIUM POISONING; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FRESHWATER SPECIES; INHIBITION KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CADMIUM; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CYSTEINE; GLUTATHIONE; PHYTOCHELATINS; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CHLAMYDOMONAS MOEWUSII;

EID: 78649461263     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.242     Document Type: Article

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