An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for measuring vitellogenin in English sole (Pleuronectes vetulus): Development, validation and cross-reactivity with other pleuronectids

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 425-436

  Lomax, Daniel P ^a   Roubal, William T ^a   Moore, James D ^a   Johnson, Lyndal L ^a  

^a NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarker; ELISA; English sole; Environmental estrogens; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

2 DIETHYLAMINOETHANOL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ESTROGEN; VITELLOGENIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISH; FLATFISH; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITELLOGENESIS; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR;

ANIMALIA; ARMORACIA RUSTICANA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PAROPHRYS VETULA; PLEURONECTES; PLEURONECTIDAE;

EID: 0031673090     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(98)10125-6     Document Type: Article

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