Predicting the sensitivity of fishes to dioxin-like compounds: Possible role of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) ligand binding domain

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1219-1224

  Doering, Jon A ^a   Giesy, John P ^a,b,c,d,e   Wiseman, Steve ^a   Hecker, Markus ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f University of Saskatchewan   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dioxin; Endangered species; Furan; PCB; Species differences

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BIRD; DIOXIN; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION; LIGAND; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CHONDRICHTHYES; PISCES; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84874311045     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-012-1203-7     Document Type: Article

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