Effects of endocrine-disrupting contaminants on amphibian oogenesis: Methoxychlor inhibits progesterone-induced maturation of Xenopus laevis oocytes in vitro

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 285-292

  Pickford, Daniel B ^a,b   Morris, Ian D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Antiprogestin; Endocrine disruptors; Estrogen; GVBD; Methoxychlor; Oocyte maturation; Progesterone; Xenobiotics; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; FULVESTRANT; GESTAGEN; METHOXYCHLOR; PROGESTERONE; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; GERMINAL VESICLE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; XENOPUS (GENUS); XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0032897820     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.99107285     Document Type: Article

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