Transcription of key genes regulating gonadal steroidogenesis in control and ketoconazole- or vinclozolin-exposed fathead minnows

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 395-407

  Villeneuve, Daniel L ^a   Blake, Lindsey S ^a   Brodin , Jeffrey D ^a   Greene, Katie J ^a   Knoebl, Iris ^a   Miracle, Ann L ^b   Martinovic, Dalma ^a   Ankley, Gerald T ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiandrogen; Gonad development; Real time PCR; Reproduction; Steroidogenesis inhibitor; Testis

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA(OR 20BETA) HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; AROMATASE; FOLLITROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; KETOCONAZOLE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; VINCLOZOLIN;

AGE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; INTOXICATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SPAWNING; STEROIDOGENESIS; TELEOST; TOXICOKINETICS;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CYPRINIDAE; CYTOCHROMES; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE, BETA SUBUNIT; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; KETOCONAZOLE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE, BETA SUBUNIT; MALE; OVARY; OXAZOLES; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PITUITARY GLAND; RECEPTORS, FSH; RECEPTORS, LH; RNA, MESSENGER; TESTIS;

PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 34547839627     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfm124     Document Type: Article

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