Comparative effects of butyl benzyl phthalate (BBP) and di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) on the aquatic larvae of Chironomus riparius based on gene expression assays related to the endocrine system, the stress response and ribosomes

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 105, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 62-70

  Planelló, Rosario ^a   Herrero, Oscar ^a   Martínez Guitarte, José Luis ^a   Morcillo, Gloria ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ecdysone receptor; Endocrine disruptors; Hsc70; Hsp70; Ribosomal genes; Ultraespiracle

Indexed keywords

PHTHALIC ACID 2 ETHYLHEXYL MONOESTER; PHTHALIC ACID BENZYL BUTYL ESTER; RIBOSOME RNA;

BIOASSAY; BIOMARKER; BIOMONITORING; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTOXICITY; INSECT; LARVA; PHTHALATE; RNA; XENOBIOTICS;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CELL STRESS; CELL VIABILITY; CHEMICAL STRESS; CHIRONOMUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ECOTOXICITY; ECR GENE; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE PROBE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HSP70 GENE; ITS2 GENE; LARVA; MARKER GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TOXICITY TESTING; USP GENE;

ANIMALS; CHIRONOMIDAE; DIETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; HSC70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; LARVA; PHTHALIC ACIDS; RECEPTORS, STEROID; RIBOSOMES; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CHIRONOMUS RIPARIUS; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 79958792787     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: 18791514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2011.05.011     Document Type: Article

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