Induction of vitellogenin mRNA in juvenile Chinese sturgeon (Acipenser sinensis Gray) treated with 17β-estradiol and 4-nonylphenol

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1944-1950

  Zhang, Zhaobin ^a   Hu, Jianying ^a   An, Wei ^a   Jin, Fen ^a   An, Lihui ^a   Tao, Shu ^a   Chen, Jingsheng ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

4 Nonylphenol; Acipenser sinensis; Endocrine disrupting chemicals; Real time polymerase chain reaction; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENZYMES; PHENOLS; REACTION KINETICS; RISKS;

ENDOCRINE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR); REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION (RT); VITELLOGENIN (VTG);

RNA;

4 NONYLPHENOL; BETA ACTIN; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTRADIOL; MESSENGER RNA; VITELLOGENIN;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ACIPENSER SINENSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CHINA; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FISH; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; LIVER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVER;

ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ESTRADIOL; FISHES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOLS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VITELLOGENINS;

ACIPENSER SINENSIS; ACIPENSER TRANSMONTANUS; PISCES;

EID: 23744488542     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/04-436R.1     Document Type: Article

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