Identification of the lampricide 3-trifluoromethyl-4-nitrophenol as an agonist for the rainbow trout estrogen receptor

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 425-432

  Hewitt, L Mark ^a,b   Tremblay, Louis ^a   Van Der Kraak, Glen J ^a   Solomon, Keith R ^a   Servos, Mark R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

3 Trifluoromethyl 4 nitrophenol; Estrogen receptor; Toxicity identification evaluation; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

4 CHLOROPHENOL; 4 NITROPHENOL; DIOXIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; MIXED FUNCTION OXIDASE; NITROBENZENE DERIVATIVE; VITELLOGENIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DRUG IMPURITY; ECOTOXICITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; LIVER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAINBOW TROUT; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR BINDING;

EID: 0031886318     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1998)017<0425:IOTLTN>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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