Chemical form matters: Differential accumulation of mercury following inorganic and organic mercury exposures in zebrafish larvae

ACS Chemical Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 411-420

  Korbas, Malgorzata ^a   MacDonald, Tracy C ^a   Pickering, Ingrid J ^a   George, Graham N ^a   Krone, Patrick H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; CYSTEINE; LIGAND; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXPOSURE; KIDNEY; LARVA; LENS EPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA FOOD; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SYNCHROTRON; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; VERTEBRATE; X RAY FLUORESCENCE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; LARVA; MERCURY; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84857584769     PISSN: 15548929     EISSN: 15548937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cb200287c     Document Type: Article

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