Elucidating the mechanism of action of tributyltin (TBT) in zebrafish

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 103, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 25-31

  McGinnis, Courtney L ^a   Crivello, Joseph F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Tributyltin; Xenoandrogen; Xenoestrogen; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A ACYLTRANSFERASE; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; AROMATASE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; LUCIFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR DAX 1; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1; SULFOTRANSFERASE; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; TRIBUTYLTIN;

ANTIFOULING AGENT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FISH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; TESTOSTERONE; TRIBUTYLTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOXICITY TESTING; VIRILIZATION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; SEX RATIO; TRIALKYLTIN COMPOUNDS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

DANIO RERIO; MURINAE;

EID: 79952226349     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2011.01.005     Document Type: Article

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