Genomic investigation of year-long and multigenerational exposures of fathead minnow to the munitions compound RDX

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1852-1864

  Gust, Kurt A ^a   Brasfield, Sandra M ^a   Stanley, Jacob K ^a   Wilbanks, Mitchell S ^a   Chappell, Pornsawan ^a   Perkins, Edward J ^a   Lotufo, Guilherme R ^a   Lance, Richard F ^a  

^a U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic exposure; Multigeneration exposure; Pimephales promelas; RDX; Toxicogenomics

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC EXPOSURE; MULTIGENERATION EXPOSURE; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; RDX; TOXICOGENOMICS;

BIOASSAY; TISSUE;

GENE EXPRESSION;

CYCLONITE; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOASSAY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYPRINID; EGG PRODUCTION; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMICS; INDEX METHOD; METABOLISM; NEUROLOGY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREY CAPTURE; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIONUCLIDE; SENSORY SYSTEM; TOXICOLOGY;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BRAIN TISSUE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EGG PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENOME; GENOMICS; LIVER; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BRAIN; CYPRINIDAE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPLOSIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FISH PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; LIVER; MALE; TRIAZINES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

PIMEPHALES PROMELAS;

EID: 79960076265     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.558     Document Type: Article

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