Aromatase mRNA expression in the brain of adult Xenopus laevis exposed to Lambro river water and endocrine disrupting compounds

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 262-268

  Massari, A ^a   Urbatzka, R ^c   Cevasco, A ^a   Canesi, L ^a   Lanza, C ^a   Scarabelli, L ^a   Kloas, W ^b   Mandich, A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOSTRUCTURES AND BIOSYSTEMS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Endocrine disruption; RQ RT PCR; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; AROMATASE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGEN; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; FLUTAMIDE; MESSENGER RNA; METHANDRIOL; RIVER WATER; TAMOXIFEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FEMINIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; ITALY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WATER POLLUTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 77955323239     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.04.012     Document Type: Article

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