Molecular and functional characterization of aryl hydrocarbon receptor repressor from the chicken (Gallus gallus): Interspecies similarities and differences

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 319-334

  Lee, Jin Seon ^a   Kim, Eun Young ^b   Nomaru, Koji ^a   Iwata, Hisato ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

2,3,7,8 TCDD; Aryl hydrocarbon receptor; Aryl hydrocarbon receptor repressor; Chicken

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; AMINO ACID; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOCHROME P450 1A; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; HYBRID PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN COS7; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE; KIDNEY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAT; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 78751688051     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfq336     Document Type: Article

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