Dioxin toxicity in vivo results from an increase in the dioxin-independent transcriptional activity of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Céspedes, Miguel Angel ^a   Galindo, Maximo Ibo ^a,b   Couso, Juan Pablo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE BIOMEDICINA DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; DIOXIN; 2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1BETA; SPINELESS PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; TANGO PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; DROSOPHILA; GENE LOCATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TOXICITY TESTING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DRUG EFFECT; EYE; EYE MALFORMATION; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARVA; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MUTATION; POLLUTANT; SALIVARY GLAND; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

MUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR NUCLEAR TRANSLOCATOR; DIOXINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EYE; EYE ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARVA; MALE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MUTATION; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; SALIVARY GLANDS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 78149471800     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015382     Document Type: Article

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