Expression of the vitellogenin gene in the liver of juvenile whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus L. s.l.) exposed to effluents from pulp and paper mills

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 133-137

  Mellanen, Pirkko ^a   Soimasuo, Markus ^b   Holmbom, Bjarne ^c   Oikari, Aimo ^b   Santti, Risto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bioconcentration factor; Mercury; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; RESIN; STEROL; VITELLOGENIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; FISH; LIVER; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PAPER INDUSTRY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA ANALYSIS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WOOD;

ANIMALIA; COREGONUS LAVARETUS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033065406     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/eesa.1999.1782     Document Type: Article

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