Cloning and characterization of retinoid X receptor (RXR) isoforms in the rock shell, Thais clavigera

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 103, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 101-111

  Urushitani, Hiroshi ^a,b   Katsu, Yoshinao ^b,c   Ohta, Yasuhiko ^d   Shiraishi, Hiroaki ^a   Iguchi, Taisen ^b   Horiguchi, Toshihiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b OKAZAKI INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIOSCIENCE   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Imposex; Retinoid X receptor (RXR); Rock shell; Thais clavigera; Tributyltin (TBT); Triphenyltin (TPT)

Indexed keywords

RETINOID X RECEPTOR; RETINOID X RECEPTOR 1; RETINOID X RECEPTOR 2; TRIBUTYLTIN; TRIPHENYLTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CLONE; ENDOCRINOLOGY; GASTROPOD; GENE EXPRESSION; IMPOSEX; ORGANOTIN COMPOUND; SNAIL; TRIBUTYLTIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CLONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GASTROPOD; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REPORTER GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THAIS CLAVIGERA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FEMALE; GASTROPODA; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGANOTIN COMPOUNDS; PENIS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RETINOID X RECEPTORS; VAS DEFERENS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; THAIS CLAVIGERA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79952553080     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2011.02.012     Document Type: Article

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