Synchronized expression of retinoid X receptor mRNA with reproductive tract recrudescence in an imposex-susceptible mollusc

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1345-1351

  Sternberg, Robin M ^a   Hotchkiss, Andrew K ^a,b   Leblanc, Gerald A ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTEINS; RNA;

ANCIENT NUCLEAR RECEPTOR; RXR; TRIBUTYLTIN (TBT);

BIOCIDES;

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE VIII; MESSENGER RNA; RETINOID X RECEPTOR; TRIBUTYLTIN;

BIOCIDES; DNA; PROTEINS; RNA;

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; GASTROPOD; GENE EXPRESSION; IMPOSEX; PESTICIDE; PHYLOGENETICS; PROTEIN; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; RNA; SNAIL; TRIBUTYLTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GENE SEQUENCE; IMPOSEX; INVERTEBRATE; LIGAND BINDING; LLYANASSA OBSOLETA; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION DISORDER; SNAIL; VERTEBRATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLLUSCA; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTION; RETINOID X RECEPTORS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BASOMMATOPHORA; BILATERIA; BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA; GASTROPODA; ILYANASSA; INVERTEBRATA; LOPHOTROCHOZOA; MOLLUSCA; THAIS CLAVIGERA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 39649089552     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es702381g     Document Type: Article

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