Immunoelectron microscopy of corticotropes and melanotropes in the pituitary gland of the european ferret, mustela putorius furo

Cells Tissues Organs

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 126-134

  Mohanty, B ^a   Tachibana, T ^b   Kwon, Oh C ^b   Hashimoto, H ^b   Nogami, H ^b   Ishikawa, H ^b   Naik, D R ^a  

^a UTKAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corticotropes; European ferret (Mustel putorius furo); Heterogeneity; Immunoelectron microscopy; Melanotropes; Pituitary gland

Indexed keywords

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; FERRET; HYPOPHYSIS INTERMEDIATE LOBE; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CROSS REACTIONS; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; FERRETS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOCYTE-STIMULATING HORMONES; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; PITUITARY GLAND; POPULATION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL PROTEIN A;

EID: 0030442229     PISSN: 14226405     EISSN: 14226421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000147873     Document Type: Article

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