Tissue-, sex- and development-specific transcription profiles of eight UDP-glucuronosyltransferase genes in zebrafish (Danio rerio) and their regulation by activator of aryl hydrocarbon receptor

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 150, Issue , 2014, Pages 93-102

  Christen, Verena ^a   Fent, Karl ^a,b  

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

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aryl hydrocarbon receptor; Developmental expression; Phase II enzymes; Transcription profile; UDP Glucuronosyltransferases; Ugt; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; BENZO[A]PYRENE; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE;

CYPRINID; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; XENOBIOTICS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FISH GENETICS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UGT5A1 GENE; UGT5A3 GENE; UGT5A4 GENE; UGT5A5 GENE; UGT5C2 GENE; UGT5C3 GENE; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM; ZEBRA FISH;

ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; DEVELOPMENTAL EXPRESSION; PHASE II ENZYMES; TRANSCRIPTION PROFILE; UDP-GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASES; UGT; ZEBRAFISH;

ANIMALS; BENZO(A)PYRENE; CELL LINE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; LIVER; MALE; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; SEX FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTOME; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 84896138403     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: 18791514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2014.02.019     Document Type: Article

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