Effect of the herbicide pendimethalin on rat uterine weight and gene expression and in silico receptor binding analysis

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 502-508

  Ündeǧer, Ü ^a   Schlumpf, M ^b   Lichtensteiger, W ^b  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Estrogen receptor beta affinity; Estrogenic activity; Gene expression; In silico receptor binding analysis; Pendimethalin; Uterotrophic assay

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; CYCLOPHILIN A; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; PENDIMETHALIN; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; SOMATOMEDIN C; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR ALPHA; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR BETA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BODY WEIGHT; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTOR BINDING; UPREGULATION; UTERUS WEIGHT;

ANILINE COMPOUNDS; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; BODY WEIGHT; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HERBICIDES; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, STEROID; RNA, MESSENGER; UP-REGULATION; UTERUS;

RATTUS;

EID: 74649083267     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2009.11.001     Document Type: Article

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