Hexabromocyclododecane-induced developmental toxicity and apoptosis in zebrafish embryos

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-36

  Deng, Jun ^a,b   Yu, Liqin ^a,b   Liu, Chunsheng ^a   Yu, Ke ^a   Shi, Xiongjie ^a   Yeung, Leo W Y ^c   Lam, Paul K S ^c   Wu, Rudolf S S ^c   Zhou, Bingsheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Developmental toxicity; Gene expression; HBCD; Zebrafish embryo

Indexed keywords

APOPTOTIC PROTEASE ACTIVATING FACTOR 1; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 9; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN MDM2; PROTEIN P53; PUMA PROTEIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

APOPTOSIS; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOINDICATOR; BROMINE COMPOUND; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYPRINID; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERTILIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAINING; SURVIVAL; UPREGULATION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO;

EID: 67349142541     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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