Impacts of chronic low-level nicotine exposure on Caenorhabditis elegans reproduction: Identification of novel gene targets

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 40, Issue , 2013, Pages 69-75

  Smith, Michael A ^a   Zhang, Yanqiong ^a   Polli, Joseph R ^a   Wu, Hongmei ^a   Zhang, Baohong ^a   Xiao, Peng ^a   Farwell, Mary A ^a   Pan, Xiaoping ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Chronic exposure; Gene expression; Nicotine; Reproduction; Stress response

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

AGE 1 GENE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAT 4 GENE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EGG LAYING; EGG PRODUCTION; EGL 10 GENE; EGL 19 GENE; EGL 44 GENE; EGL 47 GENE; EGL 5 GENE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE TARGETING; HLH 14 GENE; LIN 39 GENE; LOCOMOTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; OLD 1 GENE; OXI 1 GENE; PINK 1 GENE; REPRODUCTION; RIC 3 GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOD 1 GENE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; UNC 103 GENE; UNC 43 GENE; UNC 50 GENE; UNC 68 GENE; UPREGULATION;

C. ELEGANS; CHRONIC EXPOSURE; GENE EXPRESSION; NICOTINE; REPRODUCTION; STRESS-RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; OVIPARITY; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84880179594     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: 18731708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2013.05.007     Document Type: Article

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