Immunohistochemical analysis of the vitellogenin response in the liver of Atlantic salmon exposed to environmental oestrogens

Biomarkers

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 373-380

  Arukwe, Augustine ^a,b   Nilsen, Bente M ^c   Berg, Karin ^c   GoksØyr, Anders ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HIB   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; VITELLOGENIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CELL; LIVER SINUSOID; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION; SALMON;

ANIMALIA; SALMO SALAR; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032870161     PISSN: 1354750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/135475099230750     Document Type: Article

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