Multiple structurally distinct ERα mRNA variants in zebrafish are differentially expressed by tissue type, stage of development and estrogen exposure

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 194, Issue , 2013, Pages 217-229

  Cotter, Kellie A ^a   Yershov, Anya ^a   Novillo, Apolonia ^a,b   Callard, Gloria V ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD EUROPEA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Endocrine disruption; Estrogen receptor alpha; MRNA variants; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHAL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHAS; ISOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; ESR1 GENE; EXON; EXPOSURE; EYE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GONAD; HEART; INTRON; LIGAND BINDING; LIVER; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY; POLYADENYLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RNA TRANSLATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; ZEBRA FISH;

17Β-ESTRADIOL; ACTIVATION FUNCTION; AF; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; BISPHENOL A; BPA; DBD; DES; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; DMSO; DNA BINDING DOMAIN; E2; EDC; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING CHEMICALS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTION; ER; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; HOURS POST FERTILIZATION; HPF; LBD; LIGAND BINDING DOMAIN; MRNA VARIANTS; QPCR; QUANTITATIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RACE; RAPID AMPLIFICATION OF CDNA ENDS; TCDD; TETRACHLORODIBENZO-P-DIOXIN; TRANSCRIPTION START SITE; TSS; XE; XENOESTROGENS; ZEBRAFISH;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGENS; EYE; GENE EXPRESSION; GONADS; LIVER; MYOCARDIUM; RNA, MESSENGER; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84885756135     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2013.09.014     Document Type: Article

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