The endocrine pancreas of the Cape fur seal, Arctocephalus pusillus (Schreber, 1776): An immunocytochemical study

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 239-242

  Erasmus, C P ^a   Van Aswegen, G ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Arctocephalus pusillus; Cape fur seal; Endocrine pancreas; Immunocytochemical; Immunoreactivity; Insulin

Indexed keywords

ARCTOCEPHALUS; ARCTOCEPHALUS PUSILLUS PUSILLUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIS CATUS; PHOCIDAE;

GLUCAGON; INSULIN; PANCREAS POLYPEPTIDE; PARAFFIN; SOMATOSTATIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HISTOLOGY; PANCREAS; PANCREAS ISLET; SEAL;

ANIMALS; FUR SEALS; GLUCAGON; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INSULIN; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC POLYPEPTIDE; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; SOMATOSTATIN;

EID: 0031217187     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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