Reporter gene assay for fish-killing activity produced by Pfiesteria piscicida

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 107, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 711-714

  Fairey, Elizabeth R ^a   Edmunds, J Stewart G ^a   Deamer Melia, Nora J ^b   Glasgow Jr , Howard ^b   Johnson, Frank M ^c   Moeller, Peter R ^a   Burkholder, JoAnn M ^b   Ramsdell, John S ^a  

^a CENTER FOR COASTAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND BIOMOLECULAR RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Assay; c fos; GH4C1; Pfiesteria piscicida; Pituitary; Toxin

Indexed keywords

ETHER; LUCIFERASE; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DINOFLAGELLATE; ESTUARY; FISH DISEASE; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPORTER GENE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; DINOPHYCEAE; PFIESTERIA PISCICIDA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032869003     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.99107711     Document Type: Article

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