Are metallothioneins equally good biomarkers of metal and oxidative stress?

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 84, Issue , 2012, Pages 185-190

  Figueira, Etelvina ^a   Branco, Diana ^a   Antunes, Sara C ^a,b   Gonçalves, Fernando ^a   Freitas, Rosa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bioindicator; Cerastoderma edule; Metal contamination; Metallothioneins; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; METALLOTHIONEIN; ZINC;

BIOINDICATOR; BIOMARKER; BIVALVE; METAL; METALLOTHIONEIN; OXIDATION;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BIVALVE; CERASTODERMA EDULE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; METAL STRESS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARTICLE SIZE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SALINITY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CADMIUM; CARDIIDAE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; METALLOTHIONEIN; OXIDANTS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BIVALVIA; CERASTODERMA EDULE;

EID: 84865604398     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2012.07.012     Document Type: Article

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