Association of oxidative stress with the formation of reproductive toxicity from mercury exposure on hermaphrodite nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 175-184

  Wu, Qiuli ^a   He, Kewen ^a   Liu, Peidang ^a   Li, Yinxia ^a   Wang, Dayong ^a  

^a MEDICAL SCHOOL OF SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Mercury exposure; Oxidative stress; Reproductive capacity; Reproductive structure

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; MERCURY CHLORIDE; PARAQUAT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RNA;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BROODING; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CLK 2 GENE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GAS 1 GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GONAD; ISP 1 GENE; LARVAL STAGE; MEV 1 GENE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; STRESS; UTERUS; VULVA; WORM EGG;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; ANTIOXIDANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX III; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONADS; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; MERCURY; NADH DEHYDROGENASE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; REPRODUCTION; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE; TELOMERE-BINDING PROTEINS; VITAMIN E;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

EID: 80051589476     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: 18727077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2011.04.009     Document Type: Article

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