Functional characterization of four metallothionein genes in Daphnia pulex exposed to environmental stressors

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 110-111, Issue , 2012, Pages 54-65

  Asselman, J ^a   Glaholt, S P ^b   Smith, Z ^b   Smagghe, G ^a   Janssen, C R ^a   Colbourne, J K ^b   Shaw, J R ^b   De Schamphelaere, K A C ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Daphnia; Environmental toxicology; Metallothionein; MRNA expression

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; ECDYSTERONE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; MESSENGER RNA; METALLOTHIONEIN; METALLOTHIONEIN I; METALLOTHIONEIN II; METALLOTHIONEIN III; METALLOTHIONEIN IV; NICKEL; PARAQUAT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOINFORMATICS; CRUSTACEAN; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; HORMONE; METALLOTHIONEIN; PROTEIN; RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAPHNIA; DNA FLANKING REGION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; MT1 GENE; MT2 GENE; MT3 GENE; MT4 GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; REPRODUCTION; START CODON; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DAPHNIA; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METALLOTHIONEIN; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CYANOBACTERIA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA PULEX; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84855896947     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: 18791514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2011.12.010     Document Type: Article

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