Freshwater mudsnail (Potamopyrgus antipodarum) estrogen receptor: Identification and expression analysis under exposure to (xeno-)hormones

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 94-101

  Stange, Daniela ^a   Sieratowicz, Agnes ^a   Horres, Ralf ^b   Oehlmann, Jörg ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b GENXPRO GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

CDNA cloning; DMSO; Endocrine disruption; Mollusca; Quantitative PCR

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; MESSENGER RNA; METHYLTESTOSTERONE;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SNAIL; XENOBIOTICS;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FEMALE; FRESHWATER SPECIES; GASTROPOD; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; NUCELLA LAPILLUS; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING SITE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POTAMOPYRGUS ANTIPODARUM; RECEPTOR BINDING; SNAIL; SPECIES COMPARISON; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ESTROGENS; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; FRESH WATER; HORMONES; HUMANS; METHYLTESTOSTERONE; PHENOLS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; REPRODUCTION; SNAILS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; XENOBIOTICS;

GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; NUCELLA LAPILLUS; POTAMOPYRGUS ANTIPODARUM;

EID: 80655148976     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2011.09.003     Document Type: Article

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