In situ hybridization to detect spatial gene expression in medaka

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1257-1264

  Tompsett, A R ^a,b   Park, J W ^a   Zhang, X ^a   Jones, P D ^b   Newsted, J L ^c   Au, D W T ^d   Chen, E X H ^d   Yu, R ^d   Wu, R S S ^d   Kong, R Y C ^d   Giesy, J P ^a,b,d   Hecker, M ^b,c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c ENTRIX INC   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Autoradiography; CYP19; Endocrine disruption; Fadrozole; Gene expression; Histology; Hormones; Oryzias latipes; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; FADROZOLE;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOLOGY; HYBRIDIZATION; INHIBITOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RADIOGRAPHY; REAL TIME; TELEOST;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DIFFERENTIAL DISPLAY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; JAPANESE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; ORYZIAS; OVARY; OVIPARITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEOST;

ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BODY WEIGHT; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; FADROZOLE; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; ORYZIAS; OVARY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA PROBES; RNA, MESSENGER; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; ORYZIAS LATIPES; ORYZIINAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 64449084131     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2008.10.013     Document Type: Article

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