A homologous radioimmunoassay for the measurement of urotensin II in the euryhaline flounder, Platichthys flesus

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 249-256

  Winter, M J ^a   Hubbard, P C ^a   McCrohan, C R ^a   Balment, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flounder; Osmoregulation; Radioimmunoassay; Teleost fish; Urotensin

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; IODINE 125; NEUROPEPTIDE; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; SEA WATER; SODIUM; UROTENSIN II;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOUNDER; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMA OSMOLALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

EID: 0032947553     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1998.7245     Document Type: Article

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