Methyl tert butyl ether targets developing vasculature in zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 105, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 29-40

  Bonventre, Josephine A ^a,b   White, Lori A ^a,b   Cooper, Keith R ^a,b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Development; MTBE; VEGF; Zebrafish embryo

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; TERT BUTYL ALCOHOL; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER;

EMBRYO; FISH; FORMALDEHYDE; GENE; METABOLITE; MTBE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TOXICITY;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CARDIOVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO MORTALITY; FLK1 GENE; GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A GENE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR C GENE; VENOUS STASIS; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSELS; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; METHYL ETHERS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 79960335354     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: 18791514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2011.05.006     Document Type: Article

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