Detection of environmental estrogenicity using transgenic medaka hatchlings (Oryzias latipes) expressing the GFP-tagged choriogenin L Gene

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 272-277

  Salam, Md A ^a   Sawada, Toyokatsu ^b   Ohya, Tamaki ^b   Ninomiya, Katuyuki ^c   Hayashi, Shinji ^b  

^a JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Yokohama Environ Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

Choriogenin; Endocrine disruptors; Estrogen; GFP; Medaka; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

CHORIOGENIN; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ESTROGENS; VITELLOGENIN;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GENE EXPRESSION; MARINE BORERS; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION;

HORMONES;

CHORIOGENIN L; ESTROGEN; GENE PRODUCT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITELLOGENIN;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; HATCHLING; HOMOGENATE; NONHUMAN; ORYZIAS; PROTEIN INDUCTION; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; WATER POLLUTION; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; EGG PROTEINS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; FISH PROTEINS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LIVER; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; ORYZIAS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ORYZIAS LATIPES; ORYZIINAE;

EID: 38349173576     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: 15324117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934520701792761     Document Type: Article

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