Comparative responsiveness to natural and synthetic estrogens of fish species commonly used in the laboratory and field monitoring

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 109, Issue , 2012, Pages 250-258

  Lange, Anke ^a   Katsu, Yoshinao ^b,i   Miyagawa, Shinichi ^b   Ogino, Yukiko ^b   Urushitani, Hiroshi ^b   Kobayashi, Tohru ^c   Hirai, Toshiaki ^d   Shears, Janice A ^a   Nagae, Masaki ^e   Yamamoto, Jun ^f   Ohnishi, Yuta ^f   Oka, Tomohiro ^g   Tatarazako, Norihisa ^g   Ohta, Yasuhiko ^h   Tyler, Charles R ^a   Iguchi, Taisen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b OKAZAKI INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIOSCIENCE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

^d TEIKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^e NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f IDEA CONSULTANTS INC   (Japan)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^h TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Estrogen receptor; Estrogens; Fish species; Reporter gene assay; Vitellogenin mRNA

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTRADIOL; ESTRIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTRONE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; MESSENGER RNA;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FISH; LABORATORY METHOD; RNA;

17 ALPHA ETHINYLESTRADIOL GENE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FIELD STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORYZIAS; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; REPORTER GENE; SCREENING TEST; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES COMPARISON; VITELLOGENIN GENE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTRADIOL CONGENERS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; FISHES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; VITELLOGENINS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CYPRINIDAE; DANIO RERIO; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; ORYZIINAE; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS;

EID: 84856592406     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: 18791514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2011.09.004     Document Type: Article

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