Opsin-like immunoreactivity in the circadian pacemaker neurons and photoreceptors of the eye of the opisthobranch mollusc Bulla gouldiana

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 287, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 203-210

  Geusz, Michael E ^a   Foster, Russell G ^a   DeGrip, Willem J ^b   Block, Gene D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bulla gouldiana (Mollusca); Circadian pacemaker; Opsin; Polyclonal antibodies; Retina

Indexed keywords

OPSIN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOLLUSC; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA NERVE CELL;

EID: 0031014479     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410050746     Document Type: Article

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