Immunocytochemical localization and characterization of mammalian thyrotropin-like material in the pituitary of the Australian lungfish, Neoceratodus forsteri

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 294, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 515-523

  Hansen, G N ^b   Hansen, B L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Australian lungfish; Immunocytochemistry; Mammalian type thyrotropin; Neoceratodus forsteri (Dipnoi); Pituitary

Indexed keywords

ALCIAN BLUE; THYROTROPIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; FISH; HYPOPHYSIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031795238     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410051202     Document Type: Article

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