Effects of tetrabromobisphenol A on larval development and thyroid hormone-regulated biomarkers of the amphibian Xenopus laevis

Environmental Research

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 340-348

  Jagnytsch, Oana ^a   Opitz, Robert ^a   Lutz, Ilka ^a   Kloas, Werner ^a,b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Endocrine disruptors; Tetrabromobisphenol A; Thyroid system; Xenopus metamorphosis assay

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CCAAT BINDING FACTOR; LIOTHYRONINE; MESSENGER RNA; TETRABROMOBISPHENOL A; THYROID HORMONE; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR BETA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPHIBIAN; BIOMARKER; LARVA; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENOTOXICITY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; METAMORPHOSIS; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; TADPOLE; THYROID HORMONE RELEASE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; ANTITHYROID AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; RECEPTORS, THYROID HORMONE; THYROID HORMONES; TRIIODOTHYRONINE; UP-REGULATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 33645502952     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2005.09.006     Document Type: Article

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