Immunohistochemical demonstration of FSH and LH in the pituitary of the developing frog, Rana esculenta

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 189-196

  Pinelli, Claudia ^a   Fiorentino, Maria ^a   D'Aniello, Biagio ^a   Tanaka, Shigeyasu ^b   Rastogi, Rakesh K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO; FROG; HATCHING; HORMONE DETERMINATION; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METAMORPHOSIS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PITUITARY GLAND EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030298081     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1996.0161     Document Type: Article

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