Metallothionein and heat-shock protein 70 induction in caged and wild fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas) exposed to the Ouachita River, Louisiana

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 98-106

  Simpkins, Aubrey M ^a   Tatum, Taylor E ^a   Cardin, Derrick L ^b   Wolf, William C ^a  

^a LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Math Sciences and Process Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; LEAD; MERCURY; MESSENGER RNA; METALLOTHIONEIN;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; AUTOPSY; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; HOMOGENATE; NONHUMAN; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CYPRINIDAE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISH PROTEINS; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; LIVER; LOUISIANA; MERCURY; METALLOTHIONEIN; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVERS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

COTTUNCULIDAE; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS;

EID: 84872437938     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287394.2013.738174     Document Type: Article

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