Global DNA methylation loss associated with mercury contamination and aging in the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 545-546, Issue , 2016, Pages 389-397

  Nilsen, Frances M ^a,b,d   Parrott, Benjamin B ^b,c,d   Bowden, John A ^a,d   Kassim, Brittany L ^a,d   Somerville, Stephen E ^b,c,d   Bryan, Teresa A ^b,c,d   Bryan, Colleen E ^a,d   Lange, Ted R ^e   Delaney, J Patrick ^f   Brunell, Arnold M ^e   Long, Stephen E ^a,d   Guillette, Louis J ^b,c,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d Hollings Marine Laboratory   (United States)

^e FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f Deseret Ranches 13754 Deseret Lane ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

American alligator; Deoxyribonucleoside; DNA methylation; Environmental contaminants; Liquid chromatography; Mass spectrometry; Mercury

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATION; ANIMALS; BLOOD; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTAMINATION; DNA; DRUG PRODUCTS; IMPURITIES; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LOCATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MERCURY (METAL); METHYLATION; SPECTROMETRY;

AMERICAN ALLIGATORS; DEOXYRIBONUCLEOSIDE; DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANT; EPIGENETIC MODIFICATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY-TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; MERCURY CONTAMINATION;

MERCURY COMPOUNDS;

DNA; MERCURY; WATER POLLUTANT;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CROCODILIAN; DNA; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLATION;

ADULT; AGING; ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; CROCODILIAN; DRUG EFFECTS; FLORIDA; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; ALLIGATORINAE; ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

AGING; ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; DNA METHYLATION; FLORIDA; MERCURY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84952705677     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.12.059     Document Type: Article

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