A simple and extremely sensitive system for detecting estrogenic activity using transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 106-114

  Tojo, Takuto ^a   Tsuda, Kenichi ^a   Wada, Tomoko S ^a   Yamazaki, Ken ichi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glucuronidase (GUS); 17 Estradiol; Arabidopsis thaliana; Bioassay; Coactivator; Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs); Estrogen receptor (ER); Reporter gene assay; Transcriptional mediators intermediately factor 2 (TIF2); Transgenic plant

Indexed keywords

4 NONYLPHENOL; 4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GENISTEIN;

ANIMAL; BIOASSAY; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENZYME; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; HORMONE; PROTEIN; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REPORTER GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALS; ARABIDOPSIS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; GENES, REPORTER; GENISTEIN; GLUCURONIDASE; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR COACTIVATOR 2; PHENOLS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 33646771026     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2005.03.014     Document Type: Article

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