Toxicogenomic investigation of Tetrahymena thermophila exposed to dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), tributyltin (TBT), and 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD)

Science China Life Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 617-625

  Chang, Yue ^a,c   Feng, LiFang ^a,b   Miao, Wei ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG GONGSHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

enrichment analysis; gene interaction network; microarray; pollutant

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; CHLORPHENOTANE; ORGANOTIN COMPOUND; TRIBUTYLTIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POLLUTANT; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

ANIMALS; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HUMANS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA; TRIALKYLTIN COMPOUNDS;

EUKARYOTA; TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 79960126403     PISSN: 16747305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11427-011-4194-6     Document Type: Article

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