Validation of a new antiserum directed towards the synthetic c-terminus of the FOS protein in avian species: Immunological, physiological and behavioral evidence

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 91, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 31-45

  D'Hondt, E ^a   Vermeiren, J ^a   Peeters, K ^a   Balthazart, J ^b   Tlemcani O ^b   Ball, G F ^c   Duffy, D L ^c   Vandesande, F ^a   Berghman, L R ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c Behav Neuroendocrinol Grp   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibody production; Brain FOS expression; Chicken; European starling; Immediate early gene; Quail; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHICKEN; CROSS REACTION; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; CHICKENS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; QUAIL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 0032885767     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(99)00067-9     Document Type: Article

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