Development of quantitative real-time PCR assays for fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas) gonadotropin β subunit mRNAs to support endocrine disruptor research

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 171-183

  Villeneuve, Daniel L ^a   Miracle, Ann L ^b   Jensen, Kathleen M ^a   Degitz, Sigmund J ^a   Kahl, Michael D ^a   Korte, Joseph J ^a   Greene, Katie J ^a   Blake, Lindsey S ^a   Linnum, Ann L ^a   Ankley, Gerald T ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

cDNA sequence; Follicle stimulating hormone; Gonad development; Ketoconazole; Luteinizing hormone; Reproduction; Spawning

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FOLLITROPIN; FUNGICIDE; GONADOTROPIN; KETOCONAZOLE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FEMALE; FISH; GONAD; HYPOPHYSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEROIDOGENESIS;

PIMEPHALES PROMELAS;

EID: 33847612785     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2006.11.003     Document Type: Article

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