Distribution of α- and β-subunits of glycoprotein hormones in thyrogonadotroph in the anterior pituitary cells of the musk shrew (suncus murinus)

Cells Tissues Organs

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 87-93

  Hirano, N ^a   Tanaka, S ^b   Shiino, M ^a  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glycoprotein hormone subunits; Immunocytochemistry; Pituitary gland; Suncus murinus (Insectivora); Thyrogonadotroph

Indexed keywords

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; GLYCOPROTEIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSECTIVORE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEIN HORMONES, ALPHA SUBUNIT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; SHREWS; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 0030478028     PISSN: 14226405     EISSN: 14226421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000147832     Document Type: Article

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