Distinct roles of two zebrafish AHR repressors (AHRRa and AHRRb) in embryonic development and regulating the response to 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 426-441

  Jenny, Matthew J ^a   Karchner, Sibel I ^a   Franks, Diana G ^a   Woodin, Bruce R ^a   Stegeman, John J ^a   Hahn, Mark E ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

AHR; AHR repressor; Dioxin; Evolution; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR REPRESSOR A; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR REPRESSOR B; CYTOCHROME P450; CYTOCHROME P450 1A; CYTOCHROME P450 1B1; CYTOCHROME P450 1C1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; HEART EDEMA; JAW MALFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; ARYL HYDROCARBON HYDROXYLASES; CELL LINE; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GENOTYPE; MORPHOLINES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOX9 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; TIME FACTORS; UP-REGULATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

DANIO RERIO; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 67650711644     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfp116     Document Type: Article

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