Vitellogenin-like gene expression in liver of male zebrafish (Danio rerio) by 1 μM 3-methylcholanthrene treatment: The possibility of a rapid and sensitive in vivo bioassay

Water Research

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 2400-2403

  Ota, Munehiro ^a   Saito, Tomoko ^a   Yoshizaki, Goro ^a   Otsuki, Akira ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

3 Methylcholanthrene; In vivo bioassay; Male zebrafish; RT PCR; Vg mRNA; Vitellogenin like gene expression

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGENS; EFFLUENTS; MARINE BIOLOGY; PROTEINS; RNA; TISSUE; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING POTENTIAL; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; IN VIVO BIOASSAY; LIVER; MALE ZEBRAFISH; METHYLCHOLANTHRENE TREATMENT; PRIMER PAIR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VITELLOGENIN; VITELLOGENIN LIKE GENE EXPRESSION;

BIOASSAY;

3 METHYLCHOLANTHRENE; VITELLOGENIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TECHNIQUE; VITELLOGENESIS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; ZEBRA FISH;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 0034021569     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(00)00117-2     Document Type: Article

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