Characterization of ontogenetic changes in gene expression in the fathead minnow (pimephales promelas)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 873-880

  Johns, Sonia M ^a   Kane, Michael D ^b   Denslow, Nancy D ^c   Watanabe, Karen H ^d   Orlando, Edward F ^e   Villeneuve, Dan L ^f   Ankley, Gerald T ^f   Sepúlveda, Maria S ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^f U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruption; Fathead minnow; Fish early life stages; Gene expression; QPCR

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINANT EXPOSURES; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTION; ESTROGEN RECEPTORS; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS; EXPRESSION LEVELS; FATHEAD MINNOW; FISH SPECIES; GROWTH HORMONES; HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTORS; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MRNA EXPRESSIONS; ONTOGENETIC CHANGES; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; POST FERTILIZATIONS; QPCR; QUANTITATIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTIONS; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEINS; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTORS; TIME PERIODS; TIME POINTS; TOXICOLOGICAL EFFECTS; UP REGULATIONS; VITELLOGENIN;

AIR FILTERS; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONES; IMPURITIES; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MEATS; PUMPS;

BIOACTIVITY;

AROMATASE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; MESSENGER RNA; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; SOMATOMEDIN C; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR; VITELLOGENIN;

CYPRINID; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GENE EXPRESSION; ONTOGENY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; FISH GENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOTOXICITY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TELEOST;

3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CYPRINIDAE; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GROWTH HORMONE; LARVA; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; RECEPTORS, THYROID HORMONE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; UP-REGULATION; VITELLOGENINS; WATER;

PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 64849097755     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/08-213R.1     Document Type: Article

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