Propiconazole inhibits Steroidogenesis and Reproduction in the Fathead Minnow (pimephales promelas)

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 284-297

  Skolness, Sarah Y ^a,c   Blanksma, Chad A ^b   Cavallin, Jenna E ^b   Churchill, Jessica J ^b   Durhan, Elizabeth J ^b   Jensen, Kathleen M ^b   Johnson, Rodney D ^b   Kahl, Michael D ^b   Makynen, Elizabeth A ^b   Villeneuve, Daniel L ^b   Ankley, Gerald T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruption; Fish; Propiconazole; Reproduction; Steriodogenesis

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); CYTOCHROME P450 17; ESTRADIOL; PROPICONAZOLE; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE; VITELLOGENIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GONAD; HATCHING; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGAN WEIGHT; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS SIZE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CYPRINIDAE; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MALE; REPRODUCTION; STEROIDS; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 84875250839     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kft010     Document Type: Article

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