Gene expression responses for detecting sublethal effects of xenobiotics and whole effluents on a Xenopus laevis embryo assay

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2018-2025

  San Segundo, Laura ^a   Martini, Federica ^a   Pablos, M Victoria ^a  

^a INIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Developmental toxicity; Gene expression; Wastewater treatment plant effluent; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION RANGES; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICITY; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; MORPHOLOGICAL ALTERATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT EFFLUENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; RNA; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; TOXICITY; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

GENE EXPRESSION;

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; CHLORPYRIFOS; MESSENGER RNA; METHYL PARABEN;

ANTIOXIDANT; EFFLUENT; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; POLLUTANT; RNA; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT; XENOBIOTICS;

ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DILUTION; EFFLUENT; EMBRYO; EXPOSURE; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPAIN; TOXICITY; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICITY; GENE EXPRESSION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT EFFLUENT; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CHLORPYRIFOS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; PARABENS; PHENOLS; RNA, MESSENGER; SPAIN; TIME FACTORS; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; XENOBIOTICS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

MADRID [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 84881024391     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.2267     Document Type: Article

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