Screening of potentially hormonally active chemicals using bioluminescent yeast bioreporters

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 122-134

  Sanseverino, John ^a   Eldridge, Melanie L ^a   Layton, Alice C ^a   Easter, James P ^a   Yarbrough, Jason ^a   Schultz, Terry Wayne ^a   Sayler, Gary S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgens; Bioluminescence; Biosensing; Estrogens; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; APIGENIN; ATRAZINE; BICALUTAMIDE; CHLORDECONE; CLOMIFENE CITRATE; CORTICOSTERONE; COUMESTROL; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; CYPROTERONE ACETATE; DACTINOMYCIN; DAIDZEIN; DEXAMETHASONE; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTRONE; FENARIMOL; GENISTEIN; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; NATURAL PRODUCT; PESTICIDE; PHTHALIC ACID BENZYL BUTYL ESTER; PLASTICIZER; STEROID; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; BIOSENSOR; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FUNGAL STRAIN; HORMONE ACTION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCREENING TEST; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; DECISION TREES; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTRADIOL; GENES, REPORTER; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 58049211932     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfn229     Document Type: Article

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