Alterations in the developing testis transcriptome following embryonic vinclozolin exposure

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 353-364

  Clement, Tracy M ^a   Savenkova, Marina I ^a   Settles, Matthew ^a   Anway, Matthew D ^a   Skinner, Michael K ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruptor; Epigenetic; Sex determination; Transgenerational; Vinclozolin

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; TRANSCRIPTOME; VINCLOZOLIN; WNT PROTEIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYOTOXICITY; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OXAZOLES; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TESTIS;

RATTUS;

EID: 77956437510     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2010.05.086     Document Type: Article

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