Activation of Ah receptor by pure humic acids

Environmental Toxicology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 338-342

  Bittner, Michal ^a   Janošek, Jaroslav ^a   Hilscherová, Klára ^a   Giesy, John ^b,c   Holoubek, Ivan ^a   Bláha, Luděk ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Aryl hydrocarbon receptor; EROD; H4IIE.luc; Humic substances; Luciferase

Indexed keywords

ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTORS; EROD; H4IIE.LUC; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; LUCIFERASE;

BIOASSAY; CELLS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; IMPURITIES; SULFURIC ACID; TOXIC MATERIALS;

HORMONES;

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; ALKALI; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; DIOXIN; ETHOXYRESORUFIN DEETHYLASE; HUMIC ACID; LUCIFERASE; ORGANIC MATTER; SULFURIC ACID;

BIOCHEMISTRY; HUMIC ACID; POLLUTION EFFECT; SULFURIC ACID; TOXICITY;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL CELL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTAMINATION; ECOSYSTEM; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RAT; REPORTER GENE; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A1; GENES, REPORTER; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; LUCIFERASES; RATS; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON;

AMPHIBIA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 33746742349     PISSN: 15204081     EISSN: 15227278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tox.20185     Document Type: Conference Paper

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