Characterization of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor repressor and a comparison of its expression in atlantic Tomcod from resistant and sensitive populations

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 560-571

  Roy, Nirmal K ^a   Courtenay, Simon C ^b   Chambers, R Christopher ^c   Wirgin, Isaac I ^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

Aryl hydrocarbon receptor pathway; Gene expression; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Resistance

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RIVERS; RNA; TISSUE; TOXICITY;

ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR PATHWAY; GENE EXPRESSIONS; RESISTANCE;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; CYTOCHROME P450 1A1; MESSENGER RNA; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

HYDROCARBON;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC TOMCOD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME INDUCTION; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; VERTEBRATE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A1; DRUG RESISTANCE; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GADIFORMES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEW YORK; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER;

ANIMALIA; MICROGADUS TOMCOD; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 31144461056     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/05-347R.1     Document Type: Article

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