Progesterone alters global transcription profiles at environmental concentrations in brain and ovary of female zebrafish (Danio rerio)

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 12548-12556

  Zucchi, Sara ^a   Castiglioni, Sara ^b   Fent, Karl ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS NORTHWESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC HYPERTROPHY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCENTRATION; EXPRESSION PROFILE; OOCYTE MATURATION; TRANSCRIPTION PROFILES; TRANSCRIPTIONAL CHANGES; TREATMENT PLANTS;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

GENES;

PROGESTERONE; TRANSCRIPTOME;

BRAIN; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYPRINID; FEMALE; HORMONE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PROTEIN; SURFACE WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CELL CYCLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY; REPRODUCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; LIVER; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEMALE; LIVER; OVARY; PROGESTERONE; REPRODUCTION; TRANSCRIPTOME; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84886235847     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es403800y     Document Type: Article

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