Gene expression analysis of 4 biomarker candidates in Eisenia fetida exposed to an environmental metallic trace elements gradient: A microcosm study

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 5470-5482

  Brulle, Franck ^a,b   Lemière, Sébastien ^a,b   Waterlot, Christophe ^a,b   Douay, Francis ^a,b   Vandenbulcke, Franck ^a,b  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b Mines Douai   (France)

Author keywords

Eisenia fetida; Field soils; Gene expression; Metallic pollution; Microcosms

Indexed keywords

BODY BURDEN; EARTHWORM SPECIES; EISENIA FETIDA; EXPRESSION ANALYSIS; FIELD SOIL; GENE EXPRESSION ANALYSIS; IMMUNE CELLS; IN-VIVO; METALLIC POLLUTION; METALLIC TRACE ELEMENTS; MICROCOSM STUDIES; MICROCOSMS; NATURAL SOILS; PHYTOCHELATIN SYNTHASE; POLLUTED SOILS; TOP SOILS;

BIOMARKERS; CADMIUM; DETOXIFICATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

GENE EXPRESSION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADMIUM; CADMIUM METALLOTHONEIN; CARBONIC ACID; COACTOSIN LIKE PROTEIN; LEAD; LYSENIN; MESSENGER RNA; PHYTOCHELATIN SYNTHASE; TRACE ELEMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

ACCLIMATION; BIOMARKER; DETOXIFICATION; EARTHWORM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; METAL; MICROCOSM; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SOIL POLLUTION; TOPSOIL; TRACE ELEMENT;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; EISENIA FETIDA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOREST SOIL; GENE EXPRESSION; LAND USE; MICROCOSM; NONHUMAN; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION;

AMINOACYLTRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY BURDEN; CADMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRANCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; METALLOTHIONEIN; METALS; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; OLIGOCHAETA; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL;

FRANCE;

EISENIA FETIDA;

EID: 80054773904     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.08.040     Document Type: Article

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