Contaminant-associated disruption of vitamin A and its receptor (retinoic acid receptor α) in free-ranging harbour seals (Phoca vitulina)

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 319-328

  Mos, L ^a,b   Tabuchi, M ^a   Dangerfield, N ^a   Jeffries, S J ^c   Koop, B F ^b   Ross, P S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Endocrine disruption; Harbour seal; PCBs; Retinoic acid receptor; Retinol

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR ALPHA; RETINOL;

BIOMARKER; COMPENSATION; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE; PCB; PINNIPED; POLLUTION EFFECT; TOXICITY TEST; VITAMIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTAMINATED ANIMAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOTOXICITY; JUVENILE ANIMAL; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PHOCA; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SEA POLLUTION; SKIN BIOPSY; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOCA; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RECEPTORS, RETINOIC ACID; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN; STATISTICS; VITAMIN A; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; PHOCA VITULINA;

EID: 33847013740     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2006.12.017     Document Type: Article

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