Potential Applications of Transgenic Fish to Environmental Monitoring and Toxicology

Aquaculture Biotechnology

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 267-280

  Ng, Hwee Boon Grace ^a   Lam, Siew Hong ^a   Sukardi, Hendrian ^a   Gong, Zhiyuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring models; Heat shock proteins (HSPs); Toxicology; Transgenic biomonitoring fish; Transgenic fish models; Transgenic fish, applications; Transgenic technology; Vitellogenins (Vtgs); Zebrafish and medaka

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886132914     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470963159.ch17     Document Type: Chapter

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