Proceedings of the Korean Society of Toxicology Conference (한국독성학회:학술대회논문집)
- 2002.11b
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- Pages.174-174
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- 2002
MOLECULAR BIOMARKER OF CADMIUM EXPOSURE IN FRESHWATER FISH: SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY
- Park, Kwangsik (College of Pharmacy, Dongduk Women′s University) ;
- Heekyung Bae (Environmental Risk Assessment Division, NIER) ;
- Nam, Seong-Sook (Environmental Risk Assessment Division, NIER) ;
- Kim, Enkyoung (Environmental Risk Assessment Division, NIER)
- Published : 2002.11.01
Abstract
Metallothioneins (MTs) are known to be induced by heavy metals in various organs of different species and represent a potential biomarker of aquatic contamination by heavy metals. In this work, cloning and sequencing of a metallothionein gene in crucian carp (Carassius auratus) was done and sensitivities and specificities of the gene expressions were compared.(omitted)