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- Title
Characterization of Glutathione S-Transferase Activity in the Asiatic Clam Corbicula fluminea.
- Authors
Vidal, M. L.; Narbonne, J. F.
- Abstract
This article reports information related to glutathione S- transferases (GST) enzymatic characterization and assay optimization on crude fractions using several substrates. Corbicula fluminea is a freshwater bivalve originating from Asia that has become a major component of many benthic communities in the United States and more recently in Europe. It is known to accumulate pollutants such as heavy metals or polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. In the laboratory researchers studied the possible use of this species as a sentinel organism of freshwater ecosystems, the presence of GST activity in C. fluminea is now characterized in order to include it in a multibiomarkers profile.
- Subjects
GLUTATHIONE transferase; CORBICULA fluminea; BIVALVES; AROMATIC compounds; BIOMARKERS; HEAVY metals
- Publication
Bulletin of Environmental Contamination & Toxicology, 2000, Vol 64, Issue 3, p455
- ISSN
0007-4861
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s001280000022