Fadrozole and finasteride exposures modulate sex steroid- and thyroid hormone-related gene expression in Silurana (Xenopus) tropicalis early larval development

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 417-427

  Langlois, Valérie S ^a   Duarte Guterman, Paula ^a   Ing, Sally ^a   Pauli, Bruce D ^b   Cooke, Gerard M ^c   Trudeau, Vance L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH DIVISION   (Canada)

Author keywords

5 Reductase; 5 Reductase; Amphibian; Aromatase; Cross regulation; Embryogenesis; Silurana (Xenopus) tropicalis; Thyroid hormone

Indexed keywords

5BETA ANDROSTANOLONE; AROMATASE; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FADROZOLE; FINASTERIDE; MESSENGER RNA; STEROID 5BETA REDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; HORMONE RESPONSE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILURANA; XENOPUS;

EID: 77349102005     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2009.11.004     Document Type: Article

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