Estrogenicity of selected biphenyls evaluated using a recombinant yeast assay

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1727-1729

  Wayne Schultz, T ^a   Kraut, Daniel H ^a   Sayler, Gary S ^a   Layton, Alice C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biphenyls; Estrogen activity; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Structure activity relationship

Indexed keywords

BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHLORINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; HYDROXYLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 3543032770     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620170912     Document Type: Article

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