Elevated ovarian follicular apoptosis and heat shock protein-70 expression in white sucker exposed to bleached kraft pulp mill effluent

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 391-398

  Janz, David M ^a,c   McMaster, Mark E ^b   Munkittrick, Kelly R ^b   Van Der Kraak, Glen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; ESTRADIOL; ETHOXYRESORUFIN DEETHYLASE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FISH; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PULP MILL; STEROIDOGENESIS;

EID: 0031404855     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/taap.1997.8283     Document Type: Article

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