Exposure of mouse preimplantation embryos to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) alters the methylation status of imprinted genes H19 and Igf2

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1790-1797

  Wu, Qing ^a,b   Ohsako, Seiichiroh ^a,b   Ishimura, Ryuta ^a,b   Suzuki, Junko S ^a   Tohyama, Chiharu ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Developmental biology; Early development; Embryo; Growth factors; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; CYTOCHROME P450 1A1; GENOMIC DNA; MESSENGER RNA; METHYLTRANSFERASE; SOMATOMEDIN B;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS WEIGHT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE H19; GENOME IMPRINTING; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLASTOCYST; DNA; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR II; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; PREGNANCY; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2642540035     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.103.025387     Document Type: Article

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