Effects of benzo(a)pyrene exposure on killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus) aromatase activities and mRNA

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 267-278

  Patel, Monali R ^a   Scheffler, Brian E ^b   Wang, Lu ^a   Willett, Kristine L ^a  

^a Environmental Toxicology Research Program   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Benzo(a)pyrene; Fundulus

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BRAIN ENZYME; ISOENZYME; LIGAND; MESSENGER RNA; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; WATER;

CARCINOGEN; CYTOCHROME; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; RNA;

ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN TISSUE; CARCINOGENICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EMBRYOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROUPS BY AGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; RNA ANALYSIS; SEASON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TESTIS; TISSUE; TOXICITY; VARIANCE; WINTER;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AROMATASE; BENZO(A)PYRENE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FUNDULIDAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; MALE; OVARY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEASONS; TESTIS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FUNDULUS; FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS;

EID: 33646096973     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2005.12.009     Document Type: Article

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