Characterization and quantification of corticosteroid-binding globulin in a southern toad, Bufo terrestris, exposed to coal-combustion-waste

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 82-88

  Ward, Chelsea K ^a   Fontes, Cristiano ^a   Breuner, Creagh W ^b   Mendonça, Mary T ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Corticosteroid binding globulin; Corticosterone; Metal; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; CORTICOSTERONE; DEXAMETHASONE; ESTROGEN; GLOBULIN; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HORMONAL REGULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRESS; TOAD;

EID: 34247547427     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2007.02.031     Document Type: Article

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