Effects of sublethal, environmentally relevant concentrations of hexavalent chromium in the gills of Mytilus galloprovincialis

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 120-121, Issue , 2012, Pages 109-118

  Ciacci, Caterina ^b   Barmo, Cristina ^a   Gallo, Gabriella ^a   Maisano, Maria ^c   Cappello, Tiziana ^c   D'Agata, Alessia ^c   Leonzio, Claudio ^d   Mauceri, Angela ^c   Fasulo, Salvatore ^c   Canesi, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cr(VI); Gene expression; Glutathione; Glycolysis; Mytilus; Neurotransmission

Indexed keywords

6 PHOSPHOFRUCTOKINASE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CARBOHYDRATE; CATALASE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHROMIUM; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; ISOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; METAL; METALLOTHIONEIN; PROTEIN MT10; PROTEIN MT20; PYRUVATE KINASE; SEROTONIN 3 RECEPTOR; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIVALVE; CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EFFLUENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; METABOLISM; MORPHOLOGY; POLLUTION EFFECT; RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GILL; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALS; CHROMIUM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GILLS; MALE; MYTILUS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; MYTILUS; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS;

EID: 84861738366     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: 18791514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2012.04.015     Document Type: Article

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