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Methylmercury toxicity in insect: detection of mercury in lysosomes using electron microprobe] |
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| Authors: | C Ballan-Dufran?ais A Y Jeantet C Quintana |
| Abstract: | Intoxication of Blattella by methylmercury leads to a storage of the ingested metal within the lysosomes of ileum. Mercury is always found associated with zinc, sulphur and copper. Lysosome, therefore, intervenes in a detoxication process in Insects which have been exposed to organic mercury. It is suggested that mercury might be trapped by metallothionein. |
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