o,p'-DDT and its metabolites inhibit progesterone-dependent responses in yeast and human cells

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 63-71

  Klotz, Diane M ^a   Ladlie, Beth L ^a   Vonier, Peter M ^a   McLachlan, John A ^a,b   Arnold, Steven F ^a,b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiprogestin; Environmental chemicals; Human progesterone receptor; o,p' DDT; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BINDING COMPETITION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; TRANSACTIVATION; YEAST CELL;

BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; DDT; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; ISOMERISM; LAC OPERON; LUCIFERASES; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE CONGENERS; PROMEGESTONE; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0030916770     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(96)04041-5     Document Type: Article

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