MIP-immunoreactive innervation of the snail, Helix pomatia, heart. An ultrastructural study

Acta Biologica Hungarica

Volumn 50, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 55-64

  Elekes, K ^a   Nagy, T ^a   Fekete, Zsuzsanna N ^a  

^a BALATON LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Electron microscopic immunocytochemistry; Heart; Mytilus inhibitory peptide; Neuromuscular contacts; Snail, Helix pomatia

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTION INHIBITING PEPTIDE (MYTILUS); CONTRACTION-INHIBITING PEPTIDE (MYTILUS); OLIGOPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HEART; HELIX (SNAIL); IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; HEART; HELIX (SNAILS); IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OLIGOPEPTIDES;

ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA; HELIX (SNAIL); HELIX POMATIA; INVERTEBRATA; MYTILUS;

EID: 0032753976     PISSN: 02365383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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