Identification and Molecular Interaction Studies of Thyroid Hormone Receptor Disruptors among Household Dust Contaminants

Chemical Research in Toxicology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1345-1354

  Zhang, Jin ^a   Li, Yaozong ^a   Gupta, Arun A ^a   Nam, Kwangho ^a   Andersson, Patrik L ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

2,2',4,4' TETRAHYDROXYBENZOPHENONE; 2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; 2,4,5 TRICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; 4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; CYCLANILIDE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; LIOTHYRONINE; TETRABROMOBISPHENOL A; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR BETA1; TRICLOSAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DUST;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; HOUSEHOLD; HYDROGEN BOND; ISOTHERMAL TITRATION CALORIMETRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON TRANSPORT; RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; METABOLISM;

DUST; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; RECEPTORS, THYROID HORMONE;

EID: 84982300220     PISSN: 0893228X     EISSN: 15205010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.6b00171     Document Type: Article

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