Role of the pineal organ in the photoregulated hatching of the Atlantic halibut

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 591-595

  Forsell, Johan ^a   Holmqvist, Bo ^b   Helvik, Jon Vidar ^b   Ekström, Peter ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Development; Hatching; Melatonin; Photoreceptors; Phototransduction proteins; Pineal organ; Teleost

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; SEROTONIN; TRANSDUCIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; HATCHING; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; TELEOST;

ANIMALS; ARRESTIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FERTILIZATION; FLATFISHES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGHT; MELATONIN; MORPHOGENESIS; OPSIN; PHOTORECEPTORS; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PINEAL GLAND; RETINA; SEROTONIN; TRANSDUCIN;

ANIMALIA; HIPPOGLOSSUS HIPPOGLOSSUS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0030840524     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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