Oviduct histochemistry and site of synthesis of a 29.7 kDa jelly coat glycoprotein in the anuran Lepidobatrachus laevis

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 15-22

  Perchez, Michele A ^a   Carroll Jr , Edward J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

frog jelly coat; glycoprotein; oviduct; pars convoluta; pars recta; pars uterina

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FROGS AND TOADS; GLYCOPROTEIN SYNTHESIS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; OVIDUCT; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; CONVOLUTA; LEPIDOBATRACHUS LAEVIS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0030027434     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-169X.1996.00003.x     Document Type: Article

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