Protein expression profiling in the african clawed frog xenopus laevis tadpoles exposed to the polychlorinated biphenyl mixture aroclor 1254

Molecular and Cellular Proteomics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 596-611

  Gillardin, Virginie ^a   Silvestre, Frédéric ^a   Dieu, Marc ^a   Delaive, Edouard ^a   Raes, Martine ^a   Thomé, Jean Pierre ^b   Kestemont, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROCLOR 1254; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; PROTEOME; XENOPUS PROTEIN;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LARVA; METABOLISM; PROTEIN MICROARRAY; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHLORODIPHENYL (54% CHLORINE); DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LARVA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PROTEIN ARRAY ANALYSIS; PROTEOME; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 66149106358     PISSN: 15359476     EISSN: 15359484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/mcp.M800323-MCP200     Document Type: Article

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