Effects of uranium uptake on transcriptional responses, histological structures and survival rate of the crayfish Procambarus clarkii

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1800-1807

  Al Kaddissi, Simone ^a,b   Legeay, Alexia ^b   Gonzalez, Patrice ^b   Floriani, Magali ^a   Camilleri, Virginie ^a   Gilbin, Rodolphe ^a   Simon, Olivier ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Crayfish; Gene expression; Histopathology; Metallothionein; Mitochondria; Uranium

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; URANIUM;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CRAYFISH; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOLOGY; METALLOTHIONEIN; MITOCHONDRION; MORTALITY; SURVIVAL; URANIUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATP SYNTHASE SUBUNIT 6 GENE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAYFISH; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE SUBUNIT 1 GENE; DNA DETERMINATION; ECOTOXICITY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; MALE; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE GENE; METALLOTHIONEIN GENE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROCAMBARUS CLARKII; RIBOSOMAL RNA 12 S GENE; SURVIVAL RATE; TOXICITY TESTING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; ASTACOIDEA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; GILLS; HEPATOPANCREAS; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

ASTACOIDEA; PROCAMBARUS CLARKII;

EID: 80053130635     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2011.06.010     Document Type: Article

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