Use of Xenopus laevis as a model for investigating in vitro and in vivo endocrine disruption in amphibians

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2002-2009

  Huang, Yue Wern ^a,b   Matthews, Jason B ^a   Fertuck, Kirsten C ^a   Zacharewski, Tim R ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitive binding; Estrogen receptor; Gene expression; Vitellogenin; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CELLS; GENES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHENOLS; RNA; SOLVENTS; TUMORS;

ESTROGEN; ESTROGENIC ACTIVITY; GENISTEIN; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

TOXICITY;

4 OCTYLPHENOL; ALPHA ZEARALENOL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GENISTEIN; LUCIFERASE; RECOMBINANT RECEPTOR; SOLVENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GAL4; VITELLOGENIN;

AMPHIBIAN; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; GENE EXPRESSION; POLLUTION EFFECT;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL; CELL CULTURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; LIGANDS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; VITELLOGENINS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; MINK CELL FOCUS-FORMING VIRUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 23744458776     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/04-378R1.1     Document Type: Article

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