Vitellogenin-like gene expression in freshwater amphipod Gammarus fossarum (Koch, 1835): Functional characterization in females and potential for use as an endocrine disruption biomarker in males

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1286-1299

  Xuereb, Benoît ^a   Bezin, Laurent ^b   Chaumot, Arnaud ^a   Budzinski, Hélène ^c   Augagneur, Sylvie ^c   Tutundjian, Renaud ^a   Garric, Jeanne ^a   Geffard, Olivier ^a  

^a UR MALY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES MOLÉCULAIRES   (France)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Cyproterone acetate; Endocrine disruption; Gammarus fossarum; Nonylphenol; Vitellogenin; Wastewater treatment plants

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYPROTERONE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NONYLPHENOL;

AMPHIPOD; BIOMARKER; BIOMONITORING; CRUSTACEAN; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FISH; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FRESHWATER SPECIES; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS FOSSARUM; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HORMONAL REGULATION; MALE; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN AREA; VALIDATION STUDY; VTG GENE; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATERSHED;

CRUSTACEA; GAMMARIDAE; GAMMARUS FOSSARUM;

EID: 79960337689     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: 15733017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-011-0685-2     Document Type: Article

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