Pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) expression and immunolocalization of POMC- related peptides in the ovary of Protopterus annectens, an African lungfish

Peptides

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1411-1414

  Masini, M A ^a   Sturla, M ^a   Pestarino, M ^a   Gallinelli, A ^b   Facchinetti, F ^b   Uva, B M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lungfish; Ovary; POMC mRNA; POMC related peptides; Protopterus annectens

Indexed keywords

PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FISH; GONAD FUNCTION; GRANULOSA CELL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYBRIDIZATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITELLOGENESIS;

EID: 0030725930     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-9781(97)00200-3     Document Type: Article

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