Gene expression patterns in juvenile American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) exposed to environmental contaminants

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 95-101

  Kohno, Satomi ^a   Bermudez, Dieldrich S ^a   Katsu, Yoshinao ^b   Iguchi, Taisen ^b   Guillette Jr , Louis J ^a  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b OKAZAKI INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIOSCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruption; Estradiol; Lake Apopka; mRNA expression; Sex steroid receptors; Sex steroids; Sexual alteration; Steroidogenesis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1; TESTOSTERONE;

ABNORMALITY; CROCODILIAN; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE; IMMUNOASSAY; JUVENILE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; RNA; STEROID;

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GONAD; MALE; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEROIDOGENESIS; X CHROMOSOME;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; LAKE APOPKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; ALLIGATORINAE;

EID: 44449146349     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2008.03.006     Document Type: Article

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