Analysis of estrogenic effects by quantification of green fluorescent protein in juvenile fish of a transgenic medaka

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2553-2561

  Scholz, Stefan ^a   Kurauchi, Kanta ^b   Kinoshita, Masato ^b   Oshima, Yuji ^c   Ozato, Kenjiro ^d   Schirmer, Kristin ^a   Wakamatsu, Yuko ^d  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Choriogenin H; Endocrine disruptors; Estrogens; Green fluorescent protein; Medaka

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLUORESCENCE; GENES; IMAGE ANALYSIS;

CHORIOGENIN H; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ESTROGENS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MEDAKA;

PROTEINS;

4 NONYLPHENOL; CHORIOGENIN H; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN DERIVATIVE; GENISTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITELLOGENIN;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FISH; POLLUTION EFFECT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FISH; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER; NONHUMAN; ORYZIAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TELEOST; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTRADIOL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENISTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LARVA; LIVER; ORYZIAS; PHENOLS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOXICITY TESTS; VITELLOGENINS;

ANIMALIA; ORYZIAS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 26844546168     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/04-525R.1     Document Type: Article

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