Distinct expression of three estrogen receptors in response to bisphenol A and nonylphenol in male Nile tilapias (Oreochromis niloticus)

Fish Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 237-249

  Huang, Weiren ^a   Zhang, Yong ^a   Jia, Xiaoping ^b   Ma, Xilan ^a,c   Li, Shuisheng ^a   Liu, Yun ^a   Zhu, Pei ^a   Lu, Danqi ^a   Zhao, Huihong ^a,d   Luo, Wenna ^a,d   Yi, Shibai ^a   Liu, Xiaochun ^a   Lin, Haoran ^a,e  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

^c HUIZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e HAINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bisphenol A; Estrogen receptors; Gene expression; Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus); Nonylphenols

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FISH PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NONYLPHENOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PRIMER DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TESTIS; TILAPIA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FISH PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOLS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TESTIS; TILAPIA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS;

EID: 77952424498     PISSN: 09201742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10695-008-9280-8     Document Type: Article

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