Innmunoelectron-microscopic investigation of the subcellular localization of pinopsin in the pineal organ of the chicken

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 289, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 235-241

  Hirunagi, Kanjun ^a   Ebihara, Shizufumi ^a   Okano, Toshiyuki ^b   Takanaka, Yoko ^b   Fukada, Yoshitaka ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chicken; Immunocytochemistry; Photopigment; Pineal organ; Pineal photoreceptors; Pinealocytes; Pinopsin; Sensory structures

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CENTRIOLE; CHICKEN; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PINEAL BODY; PINEALOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; CELL FRACTIONATION; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; MALE; MOUSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AVIAN PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; OPSIN; PINOPSIN PROTEIN, CHICKEN;

ANIMALS; AVIAN PROTEINS; CHICKENS; MALE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OPSIN; PINEAL GLAND; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS;

EID: 0030610133     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410050870     Document Type: Article

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