Benzo[a]pyrene decreases global and gene specific DNA methylation during zebrafish development

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 40-50

  Fang, Xiefan ^a   Thornton, Cammi ^a   Scheffler, Brian E ^b   Willett, Kristine L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

BaP; Benzo a pyrene; BPDE; CGI; CpG; DMSO; DNA methylation; Dnmt; Gnmt; Hpf; Rassf1; SAM; Tert; TSS; Vasa; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

BENZO[A]PYRENE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; GLYCINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C JUN; ONCOGENE C MYCA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RAS ASSOCIATION DOMAIN FAMILY MEMBER 1 GENE; SURVIVAL RATE; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE GENE; VASA GENE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BENZO(A)PYRENE; DEAD-BOX RNA HELICASES; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLYCINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; TERATOGENS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 84877864499     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: 18727077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2013.02.014     Document Type: Article

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