Cloning of three estrogen receptors (ER) from killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus): Differences in populations from polluted and reference environments

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 174-188

  Greytak, Sarah R ^a   Callard, Gloria V ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruption; ER; Estrogen receptor; Killifish; Molecular markers; New Bedford Harbor Superfund Site; PCBs; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; EMBRYO; FEMALE; LARVA; LIVER; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33845197008     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2006.07.017     Document Type: Article

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