Immunocytochemical localization of vitamin D receptors in the shell gland of immature, laying, and molting hens

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 282-289

  Yoshimura, Yukinori ^a   Ohira, Hiromi ^a   Tamura, Tatsudo ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CHICKEN; EGG LAYING; EPITHELIUM CELL; FROZEN SECTION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 0030830663     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1997.6972     Document Type: Article

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