Diversity of opsin immunoreactivities in the extraretinal tissues of four anuran amphibians

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 286, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 136-142

  Okano, Keiko ^a,b,c   Okano, Toshiyuki ^b,c   Yoshikawa, Tomoko ^a,b,c   Masuda, Atsuko ^a   Fukada, Yoshitaka ^b,c   Oishi, Tadashi ^a  

^a NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPSIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CHEMISTRY; FROG; FROGS AND TOADS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PINEAL BODY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SKIN; TOAD; WESTERN BLOTTING; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; BUFONIDAE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OPSIN; PINEAL GLAND; RANA CATESBEIANA; RANIDAE; SKIN; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; BUFO JAPONICUS; MAMMALIA; RANA CATESBEIANA; RANA NIGROMACULATA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0034141711     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(20000201)286:2<136::AID-JEZ5>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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