A selection of reference genes and early-warning mRNA biomarkers for environmental monitoring using Mytilus spp. as sentinel species

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 86, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 304-313

  Lacroix, C ^a   Coquille V ^a   Guyomarch, J ^b   Auffret, M ^a   Moraga, D ^a  

^a INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

^b Cedre   (France)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; MRNA; Mytilus spp.; Pollution; QPCR; Reference genes

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; GENES; MOLLUSCS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; POLLUTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BIOMONITORING; MRNA; MYTILUS; QPCR; REFERENCE GENES;

BIOMARKERS;

ALPHA TUBULIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CASPASE 2; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; CATALASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; CYTOCHROME P450; CYTOCHROME P450 3A; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; MESSENGER RNA; METALLOTHIONEIN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; RNA 18S; WATER POLLUTANT;

ABIOTIC STRESS; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENE EXPRESSION; GILL; MYTILUS; MYTILUS EDULIS; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; WATER QUALITY; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; EVALUATION STUDY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

MYTILUS;

ANIMALS; BIOMARKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES; GILLS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYTILUS; RNA, MESSENGER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84922590545     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.06.049     Document Type: Article

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