Release of proteins and polysaccharides from the albumen gland of the freshwater snail Helisoma duryi: Effect of cAMP and brain extracts

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 182, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 817-825

  Morishita, F ^a   Mukai, S T ^b   Saleuddin, A S M ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Albumen gland; cAMP; Mollusc; Secretion

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; FORSKOLIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN; TISSUE EXTRACT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CELL GRANULE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; EXOCRINE GLAND; FEMALE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; METABOLISM; SECRETION; SNAIL;

ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CYCLIC AMP; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; EXOCRINE GLANDS; FEMALE; FORSKOLIN; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTEINS; SNAILS; TISSUE EXTRACTS;

ANIMALIA; BASOMMATOPHORA; GASTROPODA; HELISOMA DURYI; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 0032103207     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050226     Document Type: Article

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