Effects of ethynylestradiol on vitellogenin synthesis and sex differentiation in juvenile grey mullet (Mugil cephalus) persist after long-term exposure to a clean environment

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 346-352

  Aoki, Jun Ya ^a,b   Hatsuyama, Ayaka ^a   Hiramatsu, Naoshi ^c   Soyano, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endocrine disrupting chemicals; Ethynylestradiol; Feminization; Grey mullet; Sexual differentiation; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

ETHINYLESTRADIOL; SEA WATER; VITELLOGENIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISH; GONAD; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MUGIL CEPHALUS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

MUGIL CEPHALUS; MUGILIDAE;

EID: 80052595399     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: 18781659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2011.07.001     Document Type: Article

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