ARNT2 is not required for TCDD developmental toxicity in zebrafish

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 250-258

  Prasch, Amy L ^a   Heideman, Warren ^a   Peterson, Richard E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

AHR2; ARNT2; Development; TCDD toxicity; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR NUCLEAR TRANSLOCATOR 2; CYTOCHROME P450 1A; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CELL STRAIN COS7; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; DIMERIZATION; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEART EDEMA; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MANDIBLE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PERICARDIUM; PROTECTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRUNK; ZEBRA FISH;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR NUCLEAR TRANSLOCATOR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MORPHOLINES; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; TERATOGENS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; TOXICITY TESTS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 8444231625     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfh235     Document Type: Article

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