Perturbation of organogenesis by the herbicide atrazine in the amphibian Xenopus laevis

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 223-230

  Lenkowski, Jenny R ^a   Reed, J Michael ^a   Deininger, Lisa ^a   McLaughlin, Kelly A ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrazine; Development; Morphogenesis; Organogenesis; Teratogens; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE; HERBICIDE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; EMBRYO; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE MALFORMATION; KIDNEY; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERATOGENICITY; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; ATRAZINE; BODY PATTERNING; HERBICIDES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ORGANOGENESIS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 40549119810     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.10742     Document Type: Article

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