Expression of zebra fish aromatase cyp19a and cyp19b genes in response to the ligands of estrogen receptor and aryl hydrocarbon receptor

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 255-267

  Cheshenko, Ksenia ^a   Le Page, Yann ^a,b   Hinfray, Nathalie ^c   Pakdel, Farzad ^b   Kah, Olivier ^c   Segner, Helmut ^d   Eggen, Rik I L ^a,e  

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

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES INERIS   (France)

^c UPRES A CNRS 6026   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aromatase CYP19; Aryl hydrocarbon receptor; Endocrine disruption; Gene expression regulation; Zebra fishestrogen receptor

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; AROMATASE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; LUCIFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LARVAL STAGE; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDICTION; PROMOTER REGION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPORTER GENE; STEROIDOGENESIS; UPREGULATION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR NUCLEAR TRANSLOCATOR; BENZO(A)PYRENE; BENZOFLAVONES; CELL LINE; ESTRADIOL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARVA; LIGANDS; LUCIFERASES; NEUROGLIA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RNA, MESSENGER; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

DANIO RERIO; EQUUS SUBG. HIPPOTIGRIS;

EID: 33947264141     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfm003     Document Type: Article

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