Ah receptor-based chemical screening bioassays: Application and limitations for the detection of Ah receptor agonists

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 107-115

  Seidel, Shawn D ^a   Li, Violet ^a   Winter, Greg M ^a   Rogers, William J ^a   Martinez, Eugenio I ^a   Denison, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

2,3,7,8 tetrachlorodibenzo p dioxin; Ah receptor; CALUX; Halogenated aromatic hydrocarbon; Imidazoline; TCDD

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON; IMIDAZOLINE RECEPTOR; LIGAND; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOASSAY; CELL CULTURE; DNA BINDING; DOSE RESPONSE; GENE EXPRESSION; GUINEA PIG; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RECEPTOR BINDING;

EID: 0034021184     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/55.1.107     Document Type: Article

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