Analysis of vitellogenin gene induction as a valuable biomarker of estrogenic exposure in various Mediterranean fish species

Environmental Research

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 68-73

  Barucca, M ^a   Canapa, A ^a   Olmo, E ^a   Regoli, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bioindicators; Biomarkers; Mediterranean fish; Vitellogenin mRNA; Xenoestrogens

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; HYDROCARBON; MESSENGER RNA; VITELLOGENIN;

AQUATIC ORGANISM; ESTUARY; FISH; GENE; PLASMA; POLLUTANT; PROTEIN; RNA;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; EEL; ESTUARY; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD WEB; GOBIUS NIGER; HALOGENATION; LAGOON; MALE; MUGIL CEPHALUS; MULLET BARBATUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; FISHES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LIVER; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VITELLOGENINS;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; GOBIUS NIGER; MUGIL CEPHALUS; MULLUS BARBATUS; SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.; THUNNUS THYNNUS;

EID: 33645988857     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2005.07.002     Document Type: Article

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