Progesterone receptor in the reproductive system of the female of Octopus vulgaris: Characterization and immunolocalization

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 451-460

  Di Cosmo, Anna ^a   Paolucci, Marina ^a   Di Cristo, Carlo ^a   Botte, Virgillo ^a   Ciarcia, Gaetano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cephalopods; Confocal microscopy; Immunofluorescence; Progesterone binding moiety; Reproduction; Western blotting

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; NONHUMAN; OCTOPUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; OCTOPODIFORMES; OVARY; OVIDUCTS; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE;

ANIMALIA; CEPHALOPODA; GALLUS GALLUS; OCTOPUS; OCTOPUS VULGARIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031750152     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199808)50:4<451::AID-MRD9>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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