Differences in sensitivity but not selectivity of xenoestrogen binding to alligator versus human estrogen receptor alpha

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2064-2071

  Rider, Cynthia V ^a   Hartig, Phillip C ^b   Cardon, Mary C ^b   Lambright, Christy R ^b   Bobseine, Kathy L ^b   Guillette, Louis J ^c   Gray, L Earl ^b   Wilson, Vickie S ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Binding assay; Endocrine disruption; Rat uterotrophic assay; Steroid receptors; Transcriptional activation

Indexed keywords

ASSAY SYSTEM; ATRAZINES; BACULOVIRUS; BINDING ASSAYS; COMPETITIVE BINDING ASSAY; CYANAZINE; DICHLORODIPHENYLTRICHLOROETHANE; DICOFOL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTION; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGENIC EFFECT; FLORIDA , USA; HUMAN ESTROGEN RECEPTORS; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; PREFERENTIAL BINDING; STEROID RECEPTORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATIONS; XENOESTROGENS;

HERBICIDES; ISOMERS; LAKES;

MAMMALS;

ATRAZINE; CHLORPHENOTANE; CYANAZINE; DICOFOL; ESTROGEN DERIVATIVE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XENOESTROGEN;

CROCODILIAN; DDT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; METAL BINDING; REPRODUCTIVE DISORDER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STEROID; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACULOVIRUS; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HORMONE BINDING; IC 50; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; ATRAZINE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGENS; FLORIDA; FRESH WATER; HERBICIDES; HUMANS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRIAZINES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATORINAE; MAMMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 78649458196     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.233     Document Type: Article

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