Glyphosate-based herbicides produce teratogenic effects on vertebrates by impairing retinoic acid signaling

Chemical Research in Toxicology

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1586-1595

  Paganelli, Alejandra ^a   Gnazzo, Victoria ^a   Acosta, Helena ^a   López, Silvia L ^a   Carrasco, Andrés E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYPHOSATE; RETINOIC ACID;

ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROMERE; NONHUMAN; TERATOGENICITY; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; GLYCINE; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HERBICIDES; HUMANS; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; OOCYTES; OTX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; OVUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TRETINOIN; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ERINACEIDAE; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 77958088138     PISSN: 0893228X     EISSN: 15205010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/tx1001749     Document Type: Article

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