Expression of pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) in the cerebral ganglion and ovary of a protochordate

Peptides

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1177-1181

  Masini, M A ^a   Sturla, M ^a   Gallinelli, A ^b   Candiani, S ^a   Facchinetti, F ^b   Pestarino, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebral ganglion; In situ hybridization; mRNA; Ovary; Pro opiomelanocortin (POMC); Protochordates; Styela plicata

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; BRAIN GANGLION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VITELLOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CYTOPLASM; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONS; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; RIBONUCLEASE, PANCREATIC; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 0032122479     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-9781(98)00059-X     Document Type: Article

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