Analyses of gene expression and physiological changes in Microcystis aeruginosa reveal the phytotoxicities of three environmental pollutants

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 847-859

  Qian, Haifeng ^a   Pan, Xiangjie ^a   Chen, Jun ^a   Zhou, Dongming ^a   Chen, Zuoguo ^a   Zhang, Lin ^a   Fu, Zhengwei ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Ampicillin; Atrazine; Cadmium chloride; Gene transcription; Microcystin; Microcystis aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ATRAZINE; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; MICROCYSTIN; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ATRAZINE; CADMIUM; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MICROALGA; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOTOXICITY;

ALGAL GROWTH; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; NITROGEN UPTAKE; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHATE TRANSPORT; PHYTOTOXICITY; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSAB GENE; PSBD1 GENE; RBCL GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMPICILLIN; ATRAZINE; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CHLOROPHYLL; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROCYSTIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; RIBULOSE-BISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ALGAE; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84862836526     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: 15733017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-011-0845-4     Document Type: Article

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