Expression patterns of metallothionein, cytochrome P450 1A and vitellogenin genes in western mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) in response to heavy metals

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 97-102

  Huang, Guo Yong ^a   Ying, Guang Guo ^a   Liang, Yan Qiu ^a   Liu, Shuang Shuang ^a   Liu, You Sheng ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Cytochrome P450 1A; Heavy metals; Metallothionein; Mosquitofish; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADMIUM; CYTOCHROME P450 1A; LEAD; MESSENGER RNA; METALLOTHIONEIN; VITELLOGENIN; ZINC;

CYTOCHROME; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION; HEAVY METAL; METALLOTHIONEIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOCHROME P450 1A GENE; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FEMALE; GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LIVER LEVEL; METALLOTHIONEIN GENE; MODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TIME; VITELLOGENIN GENE;

CYTOCHROME P450 1A; HEAVY METALS; METALLOTHIONEIN; MOSQUITOFISH; VITELLOGENIN;

ANIMALS; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LIVER; MALE; METALLOTHIONEIN; METALS, HEAVY; VITELLOGENINS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84899677767     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2014.04.012     Document Type: Article

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