An oviposition-inducing peptide: Isolation, localization, and function of avian galanin in the quail oviduct

Endocrinology

Volumn 137, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1618-1626

  Li, Dan ^a   Tsutsui, Kazuyoshi ^a   Muneoka, Yojiro ^a   Minakata, Hiroyuki ^b   Nomoto, Kyosuke ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SUNTORY INSTITUTE FOR BIOORGANIC RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EGG LAYING HORMONE; GALANIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; OVIDUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; QUAIL; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; UTERUS CONTRACTION; VAGINA;

EID: 0029863841     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.137.5.8612493     Document Type: Article

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