Spatial and temporal distribution of proopiomelanotropin and proopiocortin mRNA during the life cycle of the sea lamprey: A qualitative and quantitative in situ hybridization study

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 212-225

  Ficele, Giovanni ^d   Heinig, Julie A ^a   Kawauchi, Hiroshi ^b   Youson, John H ^a   Keeley, Fred W ^a   Wright, Glenda M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORMONE PRECURSOR; MESSENGER RNA; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LAMPREY; LIFE CYCLE; MELANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0031922318     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1998.7071     Document Type: Article

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