Interaction of environmental chemicals with the estrogen and progesterone receptors from the oviduct of the American alligator

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 104, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1318-1322

  Vonier, Peter M ^a,b   Crain, D Andrew ^c   McLachlan, John A ^a,b,d   Guillette Jr , Louis J ^a,c   Arnold, Steven F ^a,b,d  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^d Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Alligator; DDT; Environmental estrogens; Estrogen receptor; Pesticides; Progesterone receptor

Indexed keywords

2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL) N (METHOXYMETHYL)ACETAMIDE; ALACHLOR; ATRAZINE; CAMPHECLOR; CHLORDANE; CHLORDECONE; CHLORPHENOTANE; ENDOSULFAN; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; NONACHLOR; PESTICIDE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROMEGESTONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLIGATOR; ARTICLE; EGG; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; OVIDUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030498568     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.961041318     Document Type: Article

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