Atrazine is a competitive inhibitor of phosphodiesterase but does not affect the estrogen receptor

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 154, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 61-68

  Roberge, Mark ^a   Hakk, Heldur ^a   Larsen, Gerald ^a  

^a USDA ARS Red River Valley Agricultural Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

5 AMP; Aromatase; Atrazine; cAMP; Fluorescence polarization; PDE

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE PHOSPHATE; ATRAZINE; CYCLIC AMP; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ISOBUTYL METHYLXANTHINE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITOR; TERBUTYLAZINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME INHIBITION; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; HYDROLYSIS; INHIBITION KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ATRAZINE; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; HERBICIDES; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITORS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN;

EID: 4744339349     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2004.07.005     Document Type: Article

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