Molecular cloning of estrogen receptors from fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas) and bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) fish: Limited piscine variation in estrogen receptor-mediated reporter gene transactivation by xenoestrogens

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 489-498

  Sumida, Kayo ^a   Saito, Koichi ^a  

^a SUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bluegill; Estrogen receptor; Fathead minnow; Reporter gene assay; Transactivation

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONES; TOXICITY;

BLUEGILL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FATHEAD MINNOW; TRANSACTIVATION;

FISH;

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ESTROGEN DERIVATIVE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID; BIOASSAY; CYPRINID; DNA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE; PERCID; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLUEGILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; FISH; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; TRANSACTIVATION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CYPRINIFORMES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PERCIFORMES; PHYLOGENY;

LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; PISCES;

ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYPRINIFORMES; ESTROGENS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PERCIFORMES; PHYLOGENY; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 42449137023     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/07-250R1.1     Document Type: Article

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