Interactions between hypoxia and sewage-derived contaminants on gene expression in fish embryos

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 108, Issue , 2012, Pages 60-69

  McElroy, A ^a   Clark, Carissa ^a   Duffy, T ^a   Cheng, B ^a   Gondek, J ^a   Fast, M ^a,b   Cooper, K ^c   White, L ^c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Danio rerio; Fundulus heteroclitus; Hypoxia; Sewage

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; BETA NAPHTHOFLAVONE; CYTOCHROME P450 1A; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA; MESSENGER RNA; OXYGEN;

BIOMARKER; CYTOCHROME; EMBRYO; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOXIA; POLLUTANT; RNA; SEWAGE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRESS; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FERTILIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HATCHING; HYPOXIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEWAGE; UPREGULATION; URBAN AREA; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; BETA-NAPHTHOFLAVONE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ESTRADIOL; FUNDULIDAE; GENE EXPRESSION; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZEBRAFISH;

CYPRINODONTOIDEI; DANIO RERIO; FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS;

EID: 84856010667     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: 18791514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2011.10.017     Document Type: Article

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