Chemical dispersant potentiates crude oil impacts on growth, reproduction, and gene expression in Caenorhabditis elegans

Archives of Toxicology

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 371-382

  Zhang, Yanqiong ^a   Chen, Dongliang ^a   Ennis, Adrien C ^a   Polli, Joseph R ^a   Xiao, Peng ^a   Zhang, Baohong ^a   Stellwag, Edmund J ^a   Overton, Anthony ^a   Pan, Xiaoping ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Deepwater horizon (DWH) oil spill; Gene expression; Growth; Reproduction; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

COREXIT 9500A; MESSENGER RNA; OIL DISPERSANT; PETROLEUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACR 16 GENE; ACR 8 GENE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAT 4 GENE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EGG LAYING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HEALTH HAZARD; LEV 8 GENE; LIN 39 GENE; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROFILARIA (NEMATODE LARVA); MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRDX 3 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RIC 3 GENE; SDHB GENE; SOD 1 GENE; TRXR 2 GENE; UNC 115 GENE; UNC 68 GENE;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DRUG SYNERGISM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH; LARVA; LIPIDS; PETROLEUM; REPRODUCTION; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 84873734948     PISSN: 03405761     EISSN: 14320738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00204-012-0936-x     Document Type: Article

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