The Effects of Simazine, a Chlorotriazine Herbicide, on the Expression of Genes in Developing Male Xenopus laevis

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 157-163

  Sai, Linlin ^a,b   Liu, Yanzhong ^c   Qu, Binpeng ^d   Yu, Gongchang ^b   Guo, Qiming ^b   Bo, Cunxiang ^b   Xie, Lin ^b   Jia, Qiang ^b   Li, Yuezhong ^a   Li, Xiangxin ^e   Ng, Jack C ^f   Peng, Cheng ^f  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shandong Academy of Occupational Health and Occupational Medicine   (China)

^c Agriculture Bureau of Wendeng City   (China)

^d SHANDONG MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^e Heze Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Endocrine system; Herbicide; Microarray; Reproductive system; X. laevis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; GENES; HERBICIDES; MICROARRAYS; WEED CONTROL;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; CELL CYCLE CONTROL; ENDOCRINE SYSTEMS; GONADOSOMATIC INDEX; MOLECULAR MECHANISM; REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITIES; X. LAEVIS;

GENE EXPRESSION;

ANIMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

HERBICIDE; SIMAZINE; XENOPUS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MALE; PATHOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTION; TESTIS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HERBICIDES; MALE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTION; SIMAZINE; TESTIS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 84937524974     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-015-1483-y     Document Type: Article

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