Dioxin: A review of its environmental effects and its aryl hydrocarbon receptor biology

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 175, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 221-230

  Mandal, Prabir K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR); CYP1A1; Dioxin; TCDD

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; CARCINOGEN; CYTOCHROME P450 1A1;

ANIMAL; BRAIN; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPERIMENTAL NEOPLASM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; METABOLISM; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A1; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; REPRODUCTION; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 20044386351     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-005-0483-3     Document Type: Review

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