Comparison of yeast-based estrogen receptor assays

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 11-12, 2002, Pages 349-354

  Saito, M ^a   Tanaka, H ^a   Takahashi, A ^a   Yakou, Y ^a  

^a PUBLIC WORKS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruptors (EDs); Estrogenic activity; Recombinant yeast screen; Yeast two hybrid system; Yeast based reporter gene assay

Indexed keywords

HORMONES; YEAST;

RECOMBINANT YEAST;

BIOASSAY;

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ESTROGENIC COMPOUND;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; GROWTH INHIBITION; HYBRID; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RECOMBINANT GENE; SEWAGE; WATER SAMPLING; YEAST;

EID: 0036946789     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2002.0761     Document Type: Conference Paper

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