A universal assay for vitellogenin in fish mucus and plasma

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3048-3052

  Van Veld, Peter A ^a   Rutan, Barbara J ^a   Sullivan, Constance A ^a   Johnston, L Danielle ^a   Rice, Charles D ^b   Fisher, Daniel F ^c   Yonkos, Lance T ^c  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood; Mucus; Universal assay; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMBERS; FISHERIES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEINS;

MUCUS; PHOSPHOPROTEIN ASSAY; UNIVERSAL ASSAY; VITELLOGENIN;

PLASMAS;

ANTIBODY; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; FLUORESCENT DYE; PHOSPHOSERINE; VITELLOGENIN;

BIOMARKER; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FISH; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISH; FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; GAMBUSIA HOLBROOKI; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUCUS; NONHUMAN; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; PLASMA; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STAINING; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; UNIVERSAL ASSAY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; FISHES; FLUORESCENT DYES; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUCUS; PHOSPHOSERINE; PLASMA; VITELLOGENINS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; GAMBUSIA HOLBROOKI; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS;

EID: 28444451541     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/05-363R.1     Document Type: Article

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