Transcriptomic analysis of neurulation and early organogenesis in rat embryos: An in vivo and ex vivo comparison

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 255-266

  Robinson, Joshua F ^a,b   Verhoef, Aart ^a   Piersma, Aldert H ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alternative; Comparative genomics; Development; Neurulation; Organogenesis; Rat; Transcriptomics; Whole embryo culture

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450 1A1; CYTOCHROME P450 2E1; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HOXA10; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLOA GENE; GLOB GENE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HBE2 GENE; HBG1 GENE; HMOX1 GENE; HORMONE METABOLISM; HOXC10 GENE; HOXD10 GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; NQO1 GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGANOGENESIS; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; RAT; SLC38A4 GENE; SLC6A15 GENE; SLC7A1 GENE; SLC7A3 GENE; SLC7A5 GENE; SLC7A7 GENE; TOXICOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

MAMMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84857985424     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfr343     Document Type: Article

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