Knockdown of a zebrafish aryl hydrocarbon receptor repressor (ahrra) affects expression of genes related to photoreceptor development and hematopoiesis

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 381-395

  Aluru, Neelakanteswar ^a   Jenny, Matthew J ^b   Hahn, Mark E ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR REPRESSOR; HEMOGLOBIN F; MORPHOLINO OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; OPSIN; PHOSDUCIN; PHOSPHODIESTERASE 6C; PHOSPHODIESTERASE 6H; PHOSPHODIESTERASE VI; RETINA S ANTIGEN; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN 41; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR REPRESSOR 1, DANIO RERIO; ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR REPRESSOR 2, DANIO RERIO; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMATOPOIESIS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECTS; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; RETINA CONE; TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; DOWN-REGULATION; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMANS; MORPHOLINOS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; UP-REGULATION; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 84899939950     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfu052     Document Type: Article

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