Use of a 15 k gene microarray to determine gene expression changes in response to acute and chronic methylmercury exposure in the fathead minnow Pimephales promelas Rafinesque

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2207-2280

  Klaper, R ^a   Carter, B J ^b   Richter, C A ^c   Drevnick, P E ^d   Sandheinrich, M B ^e   Tillitt, D E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b EcoArray LLC   (United States)

^c USGS ^*  (United States)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Fathead minnow; Genomics; Methylmercury; Microarray; Toxicogenomics

Indexed keywords

PIMEPHALES PROMELAS;

EID: 44949195716     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2008.01899.x     Document Type: Article

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