Molecular cloning of vitellogenin gene and mRNA expression by 17α-ethinylestradiol from slender bitterling

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 484-495

  Kim, Ha Ryong ^a   Park, Yong Joo ^a   Kim, Jong Geuk ^a   Chung, Kyu Hyuck ^a   Oh, Seung Min ^b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b Hoseo University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

17 ethinylestradiol; Biomarker; Environmental toxicology; Slender bitterling; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BETA COMPONENT PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ESTROGEN; ESTROGENIC ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING CHEMICAL; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; LIPOVITELLIN; LIPOVITELLIN HEAVY CHAIN; LIPOVITELLIN LIGHT CHAIN; MESSENGER RNA; PHOSVITIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN VTGAO2; PROTEIN VTGR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITELLOGENIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISULFIDE BOND; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; KOREA; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REPORTER GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SLENDER BITTERLING; TELEOST;

EID: 77955582565     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.06.007     Document Type: Article

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