Fluorescence in situ hybridization techniques (FISH) to detect changes in CYP19a gene expression of Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes)

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 232, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 226-235

  Park, June Woo ^a   Tompsett, Amber ^b   Zhang, Xiaowei ^a,b   Newsted, John L ^a,c   Jones, Paul D ^d   Au, Doris ^d   Kong, Richard ^e   Wu, Rudolf S S ^e   Giesy, John P ^b,c,d,e   Hecker, Markus ^a,c,d  

^a National Food Safety and Toxicology Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c ENTRIX INC   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Autofluorescence; CYP19a; Endocrine disruptors; Fadrozole; Fish; Histology

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE INHIBITOR; FADROZOLE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; BRAIN; CELL TYPE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYP19A GENE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIVER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORYZIAS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA PROBE; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, GENETIC; ORYZIAS; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

ORYZIAS LATIPES;

EID: 52049083659     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: 10960333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2008.06.012     Document Type: Article

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