The fungicide benomyl inhibits differentiation of neural tissue in the Xenopus embryo and animal cap explants

Environmental Toxicology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 327-337

  Yoon, Chun Sik ^a   Jin, Jung Hyo ^a   Park, Joo Hung ^a   Youn, Hyun Joo ^b   Cheong, Seon Woo ^a  

^a Changwon National University   (South Korea)

^b Inje University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Animal cap assay; Benomyl; Malformation; Neural inhibition; Toxicity; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; FUNGICIDES; GENES; TISSUE;

EMBRYOGENESIS;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

ACTIVIN A; ALPHA ACTIN; BENOMYL; FUNGICIDE; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; CHEMICAL TERATOGENESIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; DYSPLASIA; EAR DYSPLASIA; ECTODERM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEATH; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXPLANT; EYE MALFORMATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTEGUMENT; MESODERM; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MUSCLE MALFORMATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXICITY TESTING; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ABNORMALITIES; ANIMALS; BENOMYL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS; NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0141927334     PISSN: 15204081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tox.10133     Document Type: Article

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