Immunocytochemical localization of taurine in the developing retina of the lefteye flounder Paralichthys olivaceus

Archives of Histology and Cytology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 441-446

  Omura, Yuri ^a   Yoshimura, Rie ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TAURINE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FISH; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETINA DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0033380847     PISSN: 09149465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1679/aohc.62.441     Document Type: Article

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