Cloning and functional characterization of Chondrichthyes, cloudy catshark, Scyliorhinus torazame and whale shark, Rhincodon typus estrogen receptors

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 496-504

  Katsu, Yoshinao ^a,b,c   Kohno, Satomi ^d   Narita, Haruka ^c   Urushitani, Hiroshi ^a   Yamane, Koudai ^c   Hara, Akihiko ^c   Clauss, Tonya M ^e   Walsh, Michael T ^f   Miyagawa, Shinichi ^a,b   Guillette, Louis J ^d   Iguchi, Taisen ^a,b  

^a OKAZAKI INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIOSCIENCE   (Japan)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e Georgia Aquarium   (United States)

^f University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental chemicals; Estrogen receptor; Evolution; Shark; Transactivation

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; CHLORPHENOTANE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR LIGAND; LUCIFERASE; NONYLPHENOL; OCTYLPHENOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CHONDRICHTHYES; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASMOBRANCHII; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; REPRODUCTION; RHINCODON TYPUS; SCYLIORHINUS TORAZAME; SHARK; TRANSACTIVATION;

EID: 77955583750     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.06.010     Document Type: Article

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