Immunocytochemical localization of taurine in the pineal organ and retina of an anadromous fish, Plecoglossus altivelis

Archives of Histology and Cytology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 153-162

  Omura, Yuri ^a   Hach, Astrid ^b   Furukawa, Elisa ^a   Ueck, Manfred ^b   Lake, Norma ^c  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TAURINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FISH; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PINEAL BODY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0030787516     PISSN: 09149465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1679/aohc.60.153     Document Type: Article

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