A yeast assay based on the gilthead sea bream (teleost fish) estrogen receptor β for monitoring estrogen mimics

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1529-1537

  Passos, Ana L S ^a   Pinto, Patrícia I S ^a   Power, Deborah M ^a   Canario, Adelino V M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Endocrine disrupters; Estrogen receptor; Pesticides; Yeast assay

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; NAPHTHALENE; PENTACHLOROPHENOL; PESTICIDE; RECOMBINANT HORMONE; STEROID RECEPTOR; TAMOXIFEN;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FISH; PESTICIDE; YEAST;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; IC 50; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEA BREAM; YEAST;

ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ESTROGENS; FISH PROTEINS; GENES, REPORTER; LIGANDS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEA BREAM; VITELLOGENINS;

ARCHOSARGUS RHOMBOIDALIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPARUS AURATA; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 67349116829     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2009.02.004     Document Type: Article

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