Binding of estrogenic compounds to recombinant estrogen receptor-α: Application to environmental analysis

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 278-284

  Pillon, Arnaud ^a   Boussioux, Anne Marie ^a   Escande, Aurélie ^a   Aït Aïssa, Sélim ^b   Gomez, Elena ^c   Fenet, Hélène ^c   Ruff, Marc ^d   Moras, Dino ^d   Vignon, Françoise ^a   Duchesne, Marie Josèphne ^a   Casellas, Claude ^c   Nicolas, Jean Claude ^a   Balaguer, Patrick ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES INERIS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Aryl hydrocarbon receptor; Bioluminescent cell lines; Environmental samples; Estrogen receptor; Xenoestrogens

Indexed keywords

ALKYLPHENOL; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; DIOXIN; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; PHTHALIC ACID; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; RIVER WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CELL CULTURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME ASSAY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIGAND BINDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; SEDIMENT; URBAN AREA; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGANDS; PLASMIDS; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 20144386678     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.7522     Document Type: Article

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