Vitellogenin gene expression in the intertidal blenny Lipophrys pholis: A new sentinel species for estrogenic chemical pollution monitoring in the European Atlantic coast?

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 58-64

  Ferreira, F ^a,b   Santos, M M ^a   Castro, L Filipe C ^a   Reis Henriques, M A ^a,b   Lima, D ^a   Vieira, M N ^a   Monteiro, N M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSIDADE FERNANDO PESSOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Atlantic; Blenniidae; Endocrine disruption; Lipophrys pholis; Marine; Sentinel species; Vitellogenin; Xenoestrogen

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGEN; RNA; VITELLOGENIN; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; EUROPE; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; HISTOLOGY; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LIPOPHRYS PHOLIS; MALE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASHORE; URBAN AREA; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

BLENNIIDAE; BLENNIUS PHOLIS; LIPOPHRYS PHOLIS; PISCES;

EID: 56949104846     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2008.07.002     Document Type: Article

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