A quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction method for the analysis of vitellogenin transcripts in model and nonmodel fish species

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2679-2686

  Biales, Adam D ^a   Bencic, David C ^a   Lazorchak, Jim L ^a   Lattier, David L ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocrine disrupting compounds; Estrogen; Primers; Real time; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; OCEAN HABITATS;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; ECOLOGICAL HABITATS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING COMPOUNDS; ESTROGENIC COMPOUNDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

FISH;

ETHINYLESTRADIOL; VITELLOGENIN;

AMPLIFICATION; BIOINDICATOR; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FISH; GENE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MONITORING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; FISH; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HABITAT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORYZIAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAINBOW TROUT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FISHES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VITELLOGENINS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CATOSTOMUS COMMERSONI; DANIO RERIO; MARGARISCUS; MICROPTERUS DOLOMIEU; MOXOSTOMA ERYTHRURUM; NOTROPIS ATHERINOIDES; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; ORYZIINAE; SEMOTILUS;

EID: 37049009492     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/07-101.1     Document Type: Article

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