Dioxin-dependent and dioxin-independent gene batteries: Comparison of liver and kidney in AHR-null mice

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 245-256

  Boutros, Paul C ^a   Bielefeld, Kirsten A ^b   Pohjanvirta, Raimo ^c   Harper, Patricia A ^b,d  

^a ONTARIO INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aryl hydrocarbon receptor; Dioxin; Kidney; Liver; Microarray; TCDD

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; CORN OIL; DIOXIN; DNA; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; GENE BATTERY; GENE FUNCTION; GENOTYPE; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MOUSE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN MOTIF; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; DIOXINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; RNA, MESSENGER;

ANIMALIA; MUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 71049126064     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfp191     Document Type: Article

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