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

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

SLU Authors

• Norrgren, Leif

  • Department of Animal Biosciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

UKÄ Subject classification

Veterinary Science
Animal and Dairy Science

Permanent link to this page (URI)

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