Exposure to tetrabromobisphenol-A alters TH-associated gene expression and tadpole metamorphosis in the Pacific tree frog Pseudacris regilla

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 292-302

  Veldhoen, Nik ^a   Boggs, Ashley ^a   Walzak, Katherine ^a   Helbing, Caren C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brominated fire retardant; Environmental contaminant; Metamorphosis; Pseudacris regilla; Tetrabromobisphenol A; Thyroid hormone

Indexed keywords

GELATINASE B; MESSENGER RNA; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; TETRABROMOBISPHENOL A; THYROID HORMONE; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

FROG; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; HORMONE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METAMORPHOSIS; PHENOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EXPOSURE; FROG; GENE EXPRESSION; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDACRIS REGILLA; TADPOLE; TAIL;

ANIMALS; ANURA; DNA PRIMERS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLAME RETARDANTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; THYROID HORMONES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

HYLIDAE; PSEUDACRIS REGILLA;

EID: 33744459016     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2006.04.002     Document Type: Article

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