Vitellogenin in black turtle (Chelonia mydas agassizii): Purification, partial characterization, and validation of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for its detection

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 477-485

  Sifuentes Romero, Itzel ^a   Vázquez Boucard, Celia ^a   Sierra Beltrán, Arturo P ^a   Gardner, Susan C ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Chelonia mydas agassizii; Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Sea turtles; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIOMARKERS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; IMMUNOLOGY; ION EXCHANGE;

CHELONIA MYDAS AGASSIZII; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; SEA TURTLES; VITELLOGENIN;

ENZYME KINETICS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DIMER; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTRADIOL; MONOMER; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; VITELLOGENIN;

BIOMARKER; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; DETECTION METHOD; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; IMMUNOASSAY; TURTLE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLACK TURTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEALTH STATUS; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION RECOVERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TURTLE; VALIDATION PROCESS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESTRADIOL; MALE; RABBITS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TURTLES; VITELLOGENINS;

ANIMALIA; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 31144457196     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/05-063R2.1     Document Type: Article

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