Amphibian metamorphosis as a model for studying endocrine disruption on vertebrate development: Effect of bisphenol A on thyroid hormone action

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 181-189

  Heimeier, Rachel A ^a   Shi, Yun Bo ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Bisphenol A; Endocrine disrupting compound; Metamorphosis; Thyroid hormone receptor; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; THYROID HORMONE; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; IN VIVO STUDY; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VERTEBRATE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 77955321559     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.02.016     Document Type: Article

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