Regulation of metallothionein gene expression in response to benzo[a]pyrene exposure and bacterial challenge in marine cultured black porgy (Acanthopagrus schlegelii)

Chinese Journal of Geochemistry

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 404-410

  Yang, Ming ^a   Pan, Chenyuan ^a   Bo, Jun ^b   Wang, Kejian ^b  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acanthopagrus schlegelii; environmental stress; gene expression; metallothionein

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; HEAVY METALS; POLLUTION; PYRENE;

ACANTHOPAGRUS SCHLEGELII; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BENZO[A]PYRENE(B[A]P); ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HEAVY METAL POLLUTION; METAL BINDING DOMAIN; METALLOTHIONEINS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE;

GENE EXPRESSION;

AMINO ACID; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GENE EXPRESSION; METALLOTHIONEIN; PERCIFORM; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PYRENE; RNA;

ACANTHOPAGRUS SCHLEGELII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84919926536     PISSN: 10009426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11631-014-0705-z     Document Type: Article

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