Expression of steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR) in male American bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) and preliminary evaluation of the response to TNT

Chemosphere

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-45

  Paden, Norka E ^a   Carr, James A ^b   Kendall, Ronald J ^b   Wages, Mike ^b   Smith, Ernest E ^b  

^a Ecological Division   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bullfrog; HCG and TNT; Rana castesbeiana; Reproduction; Star protein; Steroidogenesis

Indexed keywords

CELL PROLIFERATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEINS; TISSUE;

BULLFROG; HCG AND TNT; RANA CASTESBEIANA; REPRODUCTION; STEROIDOGENESIS;

STARS;

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; PRIMER RNA; RNA 18S; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; TRINITROTOLUENE;

DNA; FROG; GENE EXPRESSION; JUVENILE; PROTEIN; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; RNA;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PROBE; FROG; KIDNEY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; SKIN; STIMULATION; TESTIS;

AMPHIBIA; RANA CATESBEIANA;

EID: 77952670172     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.03.049     Document Type: Article

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