Neuronal and nonneuronal taurine-like immunoreactivity in the sea pansy, Renilla koellikeri (Cnidaria, Anthozoa)

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 288, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 127-134

  Anctil, Michel ^a   Minh, Cuong Ngo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amino acid neurotransmitters; HPLC; Immunohistochemistry; Renilla koellikeri (Cnidaria); Taurine

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PHENYLALANYLMETHIONYLARGINYLPHENYLALANINAMIDE; TAURINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COELENTERATE; ECTODERM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MYOEPITHELIUM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CNIDARIA; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; RABBITS; TAURINE;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RENILLA KOELLIKERI; RENILLA MULLERI; VIOLA (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 0030909006     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410050800     Document Type: Article

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