Environmental toxicogenomics: A post-genomic approach to analysing biological responses to environmental toxins

International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 230-240

  Jayapal, Manikandan ^a   Bhattacharjee, Rabindra N ^b   Melendez, Alirio J ^a   Hande, M Prakash ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; DNA damage; Environmental toxicants; Genomic instability; Genomics; Toxicogenomics

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; TOXIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CYTOLOGY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPAIR; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE INTERACTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR MODEL; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTION; PROGNOSIS; PROTEOMICS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RNA INTERFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TOXICOGENETICS; TOXICOKINETICS; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENVIRONMENT; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENOMICS; HUMANS; TOXICOGENETICS;

EID: 73749086794     PISSN: 13572725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2009.10.007     Document Type: Review

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