Aryl hydrocarbon receptors in the frog Xenopus laevis: Two AhR1 paralogs exhibit low affinity for 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD)

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 60-72

  Lavine, Jeremy A ^a   Rowatt, Ashley J ^a   Klimova, Tatyana ^a   Whitington, Aric J ^a   Dengler, Emelyne ^a   Beck, Catherine ^a   Powell, Wade H ^a  

^a KENYON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aryl hydrocarbon receptors; FETAX; TCDD; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; CYTOCHROME P450 1A1;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL BINDING; DNA BINDING; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EMBRYO; EMBRYOTOXICITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC CODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PARALOGY; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR BINDING; REPORTER GENE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; TERATOGENS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; TOXICITY TESTS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 27644559519     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfi228     Document Type: Review

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