AHR2 mediates cardiac teratogenesis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and PCB-126 in Atlantic killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus)

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 232-240

  Clark, Bryan W ^a   Matson, Cole W ^a   Jung, Dawoon ^a   Di Giulio, Richard T ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Aryl hydrocarbon receptor; Fundulus heteroclitus; Morpholino; PCB 126; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon

Indexed keywords

3,3',4,4',5 PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR 1; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR 2; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; BETA NAPHTHOFLAVONE; MORPHOLINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 3,4,5,3',4'-PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADAPTATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FISH; MUTATION; PAH; PCB; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; HEART DISEASE; KNOCKOUT GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TERATOGENESIS; TOXICITY TESTING; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; FUNDULIDAE; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; HEART; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TOXICITY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; FUNDULIDAE; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; HEART; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

FUNDULUS; FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 77954505815     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2010.05.004     Document Type: Article

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