Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) vitellogenin: Purification and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for detection of endocrine disruption by papermill effluent

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 249-260

  Cheek, Ann Oliver ^a,f   King, V William ^b   Burse, Jeanine R ^c   Borton, Dennis L ^d   Sullivan, Craig V ^e  

^a SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA   (United States)

^d NCASI Southeastern Aquatic Biology Facility   (United States)

^e NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Centrarchidae; Endocrine disruption; Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Kraft mill effluent; Reproduction; Sex steroids; Sunfish; Vitellogenesis

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE; VITELLOGENIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FISH; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; MALE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

CENTRARCHIDAE; LEPOMIS; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PISCES;

EID: 2542503479     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2004.01.005     Document Type: Article

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