Evidence of spatially extensive resistance to PCBs in an anadromous fish of the Hudson River

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 77-84

  Yuan, Zhanpeng ^a   Courtenay, Simon ^b   Chambers, R Christopher ^c   Wirgin, Isaac ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^c NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

AHR; Atlantic tomcod; CYP1A; Evolutionary change; Genetic adaption; Hudson River; PCBs; Resistance

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; BENZO[A]PYRENE; CORN OIL; CYTOCHROME P450 1A; MESSENGER RNA; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME INDUCTION; ESTUARY; FISH; GEOGRAPHY; HERITABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RIVER; SAMPLING; UNITED STATES; VERTEBRATE; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; BENZO(A)PYRENE; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A1; DRUG RESISTANCE; GADIFORMES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; LIVER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RIVERS; RNA, MESSENGER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

MICROGADUS TOMCOD; VERTEBRATA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 30344475527     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J171v05n01_05     Document Type: Article

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