Bcl-2 and Caspase 3 mRNA levels in the testes of gudgeon, Gobio gobio, exposed to ethinylestradiol (EE2)

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 304-310

  Nadzialek, Stéphanie ^a   Pigneur, Lise Marie ^a   Wéron, Benjamin ^a   Kestemont, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bcl 2; Caspase 3; Early spermatogenesis; Ethinylestradiol

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CASPASE 3; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN BCL 2;

APOPTOSIS; DNA; EFFLUENT; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INHIBITION; LABORATORY METHOD; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RNA; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYPRINIFORMES; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GOBIO GOBIO; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CASPASE 3; CYPRINIDAE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTROGENS; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, BCL-2; MALE; RNA, MESSENGER; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CYPRINIDAE; GOBIO; GOBIO GOBIO; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 77953686340     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2010.02.016     Document Type: Article

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