Evaluation of a commercial kit for measuring vitellogenin in the fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas)

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 101-105

  Jensen, Kathleen M ^a   Ankley, Gerald T ^a  

^a National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruption; Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA); Fathead minnow; Vitellogenin measurement

Indexed keywords

17 BETA TRENBOLONE; ANDROGEN; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FADROZOLE; FLUTAMIDE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROCHLORAZ; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITELLOGENIN;

ANDROGEN; ANTIGEN; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENZYME; FISH; IMMUNOASSAY; INHIBITOR; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FISH; LABORATORY APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; NONHUMAN; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS;

ANABOLIC AGENTS; ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; AROMATASE INHIBITORS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CYPRINIDAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FADROZOLE; FEMALE; FLUTAMIDE; IMIDAZOLES; MALE; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRENBOLONE; VITELLOGENINS;

ANIMALIA; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS;

EID: 33646785415     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2006.02.011     Document Type: Article

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