POINTS OF CONTACT - doerc300008

ERDC TN-DOER-C30

February 2003

Cultures are available for research purposes only from:

Dr. Laura S. Inouye

USACE Engineer Research and Development Center

Waterways Experiment Station

3909 Halls Ferry Road

Vicksburg, 39180-3909

(601) 634-2910

Laura.S.Inouye@erdc.usace.army.mil

POINTS OF CONTACT: For additional information, contact Dr. Victor A. McFarland (601-634-

3721, Victor.A.McFarland@erdc.usace.army.mil), Dr. Laura S. Inouye (601-634-2910, Laura.S.

Inouye@erdc.usace.army.mil), Dr. Choo Yaw Ang (601-634-2866, Choo.Y.Ang@erdc.usace.

army.mil), or the Program Manager of the Dredging Operations and Environmental Research

Program, Dr. Robert M. Engler (601-634-3624, Robert.M.Engler@erdc.usace.army.mil). This

technical note should be cited as follows:

McFarland, V. A., Inouye, L. S., and Ang, C. Y. (2003). "A new transgenic cell line for

detection of invertebrate endocrine disrupters: Laboratory protocol for its use," DOER

Technical Notes Collection (ERDC TN-DOER-C30), U.S. Army Engineer Research and

Development Center, Vicksburg, MS. www.wes.army.mil/el/dots/doer

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