Cd-metallothioneins in three additional Tetrahymena species: Intragenic repeat patterns and induction by metal ions

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 333-342

  Chang, Yue ^a,b   Liu, Guanglong ^c   Guo, Lina ^a   Liu, Hongbo ^a   Yuan, Dongxia ^a   Xiong, Jie ^a   Ning, Yingzhi ^c   Fu, Chengjie ^a,d   Miao, Wei ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Nothwest Normal University   (China)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ciliate; heavy metal stress; metallothionein evolution; modular repeat; real time quantitative PCR

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CADMIUM; CATION; CILIATE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMOLOGY; METALLOTHIONEIN; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CILIOPHORA; EUKARYOTA; TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA MALACCENSIS; TETRAHYMENA MOBILIS;

METALLOTHIONEIN;

CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TETRAHYMENA;

METALLOTHIONEIN; PHYLOGENY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TETRAHYMENA;

EID: 84903895614     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeu.12112     Document Type: Article

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