Early genetic control of craniofacial development is affected by the in vitro exposure of rat embryos to the fungicide triadimefon

Birth Defects Research Part B - Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 77-81

  Di Renzo, Francesca ^a   Rossi, Federica ^b   Prati, Mariangela ^b   Giavini, Erminio ^a   Menegola, Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gene expression; In vitro screening; Pesticides; WEC

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; PROTEIN PATCHED; RETINOIC ACID; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MSX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MSX2; TRIADIMEFON;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRANCHIAL ARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; GESTATION PERIOD; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; IN VITRO STUDY; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; RAT EMBRYO; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FACE; FEMALE; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; RATS; SKULL; SOMITES; TIME FACTORS; TRIAZOLES;

RATTUS;

EID: 79751506575     PISSN: 15429733     EISSN: 15429741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdrb.20284     Document Type: Article

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