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Research article2006Peer reviewed

Availability of In Vitro Vitellogenin Assay for Screening of Estrogenic and Anti-Estrogenic Activities of Environmental Chemicals

Iguchi, Taisen; Irie, Fumi; Urushitani, Hiroshi; Tooi, Osamu; Kawashima, Yukio; Roberts, Mike; Norrgren, Leif; Hutchinson, Thomas H

Abstract

Vitellogenin (VTG) protein, VTG mRNA, other egg yolk proteins, vitelline envelope proteins and their mRNAs are produced in the liver of oviparous species by stimulation of endogenous estrogen and exogenous estrogenic chemicals

Keywords

vitellogenin; hepatocyte culture; fish; amphibian; avian

Published in

Environmental Sciences -Netherlands-
2006, Volume: 13, number: 3, pages: 161-183
Publisher: MYU Tokyo

    UKÄ Subject classification

    Veterinary Science
    Animal and Dairy Science

    Permanent link to this page (URI)

    https://res.slu.se/id/publ/9326