Urea cycle gene expression is suppressed by PFOA treatment in rats

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 46-50

  Walters, M W ^a   Wallace, K B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Mitochondria; PFOA; PPAR ; Urea cycle

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ARGININOSUCCINATE LYASE; ARGININOSUCCINATE SYNTHASE; CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTAMINASE; GLUTAMINASE 2; MESSENGER RNA; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARG 1 GENE; ARTICLE; ASL GENE; ASS 1 GEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPS 1 GENE; GENE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLS 2 GENE; GLUD 1 GENE; LIPOLYSIS; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OTC GENE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TRANSACTIVATION; UREA CYCLE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; CARBAMOYL-PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE (AMMONIA); FLUOROCARBONS; GENE EXPRESSION; LIVER; MALE; OCTANOIC ACIDS; PPAR ALPHA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; UREA;

MUS; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 77953811219     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2010.04.027     Document Type: Article

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