Intersex in scrobicularia plana: Transcriptomic analysis reveals novel genes involved in endocrine disruption

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 12936-12942

  Ciocan, Corina M ^a   Cubero Leon, Elena ^a   Peck, Mika R ^a   Langston, William J ^b   Pope, Nick ^b   Minier, Christophe ^c   Rotchell, Jeanette M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU HAVRE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC SPECIES; CELL CYCLE CONTROL; CELL SIGNALING; EARLY WARNING; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING COMPOUND; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTION; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MOLECULAR ETIOLOGY; MOLECULAR LEVELS; MOLECULAR MECHANISM; SUPPRESSIVE SUBTRACTIVE HYBRIDIZATIONS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

SHELLFISH;

BIOMARKER; BIVALVE; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ETIOLOGY; HYBRIDIZATION; INTERSEX; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; SIGNALING;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CLAM; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENERGY YIELD; HYBRIDIZATION; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MALE; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SCROBICULARIA PLANA; SEX DIFFERENTIATION DISORDER; SPERM; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; DOWN-REGULATION; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MALE; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTOME; UP-REGULATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

UNITED KINGDOM;

BIVALVIA; SCROBICULARIA PLANA;

EID: 84870542609     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es302948g     Document Type: Article

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