Ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase (EROD) and vitellogenin (VTG) in flounder (Platichthys flesus): System interaction, crosstalk and implications for monitoring

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 233-244

  Kirby, M F ^a   Smith, A J ^a   Rooke, J ^a   Neall, P ^a   Scott, A P ^a   Katsiadaki, I ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Crosstalk; Endocrine disruption; Estrogen; Ethoxyresorufin O deethylase (EROD); Fish; Flounder (Platichthys flesus); Monitoring; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH); Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; ETHOXYRESORUFIN DEETHYLASE; NONYLPHENOL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; VITELLOGENIN;

BIOINDICATOR; BIOMARKER; BIOMONITORING; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FLATFISH; INHIBITION; PAH; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME REGULATION; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FLOUNDER; LIVER; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ANIMALS; BENZ(A)ANTHRACENES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A1; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; FLOUNDER; LIVER; MALE; PHENOLS; VITELLOGENINS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

PLATICHTHYS FLESUS; PLEURONECTOIDEI;

EID: 33847218646     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2006.12.004     Document Type: Article

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