The estrogen receptor of the gastropod Nucella lapillus: Modulation following exposure to an estrogenic effluent?

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 465-468

  Castro, L Filipe C ^a   Melo, C ^a   Guillot, R ^a   Mendes, I ^a   Queiros S ^a   Lima, D ^a   Reis Henriques, M A ^a,b   Santos, M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruption; Estrogenic chemicals; Prosobranch snails; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

EFFLUENT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; GASTROPOD; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; GASTROPOD; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCELLA LAPILLUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLLUSCA; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RNA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; NUCELLA LAPILLUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34548252418     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2007.07.008     Document Type: Article

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