Effect of pinealectomy on the photoperiod-dependent changes of the specific secretory cells and α-subunit mRNA level in the chicken pars tuberalis

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 308, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 121-130

  Kameda, Yoko ^a   Miura, Masaaki ^a   Maruyama, Shigeyoshi ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chicken (male White Leghorn); Pars tuberalis; Photoperiod; Pineal gland

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ALPHA CHAIN; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DARKNESS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GLYCOPROTEIN SYNTHESIS; HYPOPHYSIS PARS TUBERALIS; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PINEALECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SECRETORY CELL; SECRETORY GRANULE;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CHICKENS; GLYCOPROTEIN HORMONES, ALPHA SUBUNIT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PHOTOPERIOD; PINEAL GLAND; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0036257436     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-002-0537-8     Document Type: Article

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