Methyl mercury suppresses the formation of the tail primordium in developing zebrafish embryos

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 379-390

  Yang, Lixin ^a   Ho, Nga Yu ^a   Müller, Ferenc ^a,b   Strähle, Uwe ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biosensor genes; Caudal fin primordium; Fin fold; Methyl mercury; Mmp13; Mmp9; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

COLLAGENASE 3; GELATINASE B; METHYLMERCURY; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GROWTH INHIBITION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIMORDIUM; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENE; UPREGULATION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EXTREMITIES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 13; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 9; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; TAIL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 77954082357     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfq053     Document Type: Article

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