Vitellogenin 1 mRNA as an early molecular biomarker for endocrine disruption in developing zebrafish (Danio rerio)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2734-2741

  Muncke, Jane ^a   Eggen, Rik I L ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Developing zebrafish; MolDarT; Molecular effects; Real time polymerase chain reaction; Vitellogenin 1

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIOMARKERS; ECOLOGY; GENES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

DEVELOPING ZEBRAFISH; MOLDART; MOLECULAR EFFECTS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VITELLOGENIN 1;

RNA;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; MESSENGER RNA; RNA; VITELLOGENIN;

BIOASSAY; BIOMARKER; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RNA; TESTING METHOD; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TERATOGENICITY; UPREGULATION; ZEBRA FISH;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; KINETICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; VITELLOGENINS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 33845392576     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/05-683R.1     Document Type: Article

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