Genomic integration and ligand-dependent activation of the human estrogen receptor α in the crustacean Daphnia magna.

The freshwater crustacean Daphnia have a long history in water quality assessments and now lend themselves to detection of targeted chemicals using genetically encoded reporter gene due to recent progress in the development of genome editing tools. By introducing human genes into Daphnia, we may be...

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Main Authors: Kerstin Törner, Tsuyoshi Nakanishi, Tomoaki Matsuura, Yasuhiko Kato, Hajime Watanabe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5993276?pdf=render