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| Minier, C; Moore, M; Galgani, Francois; Claisse, Didier. |
| Multixenobiotic resistance (MXR) is a membrane-transport mechanism that allows organisms to exclude many compounds from their cells and tissues. It is thus a first line of defence against a variety of toxic compounds. Since mussels and oysters possess MXR proteins, an analysis of the expression level of these membrane-transporters has been conducted in relation to their body burden of some major environmental contaminants. Mussels Mytilus edulis and M. galloprovincialis and the oyster Crassostrea gigas were sampled from a total of 43 sites along the French coasts. High expression levels were found in animals from the major French estuaries (Seine, Loire and Gironde), at a few sites in Brittany and in nearly all sites from the Mediterranean mainland coasts.... |
| Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Crassostrea gigas; Mytilus galloprovincialis; Mytilus edulis; Biomonitoring; P glycoprotein; MXR. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2006/publication-1983.pdf |
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