Chronic exposure to high levels of atrazine alters expression of genes that regulate immune and growth-related functions in developing Xenopus laevis tadpoles

Environmental Research

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 379-389

  Langerveld, Anna Jelaso ^a   Celestine, Ronald ^a   Zaya, Renee ^a   Mihalko, Daniel ^a   Ide, Charles F ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affymetrix; Biomarker; Herbicide; Immunosuppression; Metabolism; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE; CHITINASE; CHITOBIASE; FIBRINOGEN; GENE PRODUCT; LEVITIDE A; MAGAININ 2; PREPROCARULEIN; PROTEIN; SKIN GRANULE PROTEIN; TRYPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ATRAZINE; FROG; GENE EXPRESSION; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAT BODY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH RATE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOREGULATION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TADPOLE; UPREGULATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; ATRAZINE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HERBICIDES; LARVA; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 64749107762     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2009.01.006     Document Type: Article

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