A yeast estrogen screen for examining the relative exposure of cells to natural and xenoestrogens

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 544-548

  Arnold, Steven F ^a,b   Robinson, Matthew K ^c   Notides, Angelo C ^c   Guillette Jr , Louis J ^a,d   McLachan, John A ^a,b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Albumin; Alligator; Estrogens; Sex hormone binding globulin; Xenoestrogens; Yeast estrogen screen

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DEXAMETHASONE; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; N BUTYL 11 (3,17BETA DIHYDROXYESTRA 1,3,5(10) TRIEN 7ALPHA YL) N METHYLUNDECANAMIDE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ALLIGATOR; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOAVAILABILITY; CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; REPRODUCTION; SCREENING; WILDLIFE; YEAST;

EID: 0029947060     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.96104544     Document Type: Article

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