Immunocytochemical identification of pinopsin in pineal glands of chicken and pigeon

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 50, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 190-196

  Okano, Toshiyuki ^a   Takanaka, Yoko ^a   Nakamura, Atsushi ^a   Hirunagi, Kanjun ^b   Adachi, Akihito ^b   Ebihara, Shizufumi ^b   Fukada, Yoshitaka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chicken; Chicken red; Circadian clock; Immunocytochemistry; Pineal gland; Pinopsin

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PIGMENT; PINOPSIN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; RHODOPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHICKEN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PIGEON; PINEAL BODY; PINEALOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETINA CONE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; AVIAN PROTEINS; CHICKENS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COLUMBIDAE; GENE LIBRARY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OPSIN; PINEAL GLAND; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; COLUMBA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0030664869     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(97)00184-8     Document Type: Article

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