Immunocytochemical and ultrastructural characterization of prolactin, growth hormone, and somatolactin cells from the Mediterranean yellowtail (Seriola dumerilii, Risso 1810)

Anatomical Record

Volumn 247, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 395-404

  García Ayala, Alfonsa ^a   García Hernández, Maria Pilar ^a   Quesada, Juan Antonio ^a   Agulleiro, Blanca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

growth hormone; immunogold labeling; prolactin; Seriola dumerilii (teleost); somatolactin; ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; PROLACTIN; SOMATOLACTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; EXOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN SECRETING CELL; SECRETORY GRANULE; TELEOST;

ANIMALS; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; FEMALE; FISH PROTEINS; FISHES; GLYCOPROTEINS; GROWTH HORMONE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY GLAND, POSTERIOR; PITUITARY HORMONES; PROLACTIN;

ANIMALIA; SERIOLA DUMERILI; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031039393     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199703)247:3<395::AID-AR11>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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