Glycoconjugate profiles of adrenocorticotropic and melanotropic cells in the pituitary of adult sea lampreys (Petromyzon marinus): A lectin histochemical study

Zoological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 773-779

  Ominato, Kunihiro ^a   Nozaki, Masumi ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenocorticotropin; Glycoconjugate; Lamprey pituitary; Lectin histochemistry; Melanotropin

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GLYCOCONJUGATE; INTERMEDIN; LECTIN; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOPHYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAMPREY; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCOCONJUGATES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAMPREYS; LECTINS; MALE; MELANOCYTE-STIMULATING HORMONES; PITUITARY GLAND; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ANIMALIA; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; DOLICHOS; DOLICHOS BIFLORUS; GLYCINE MAX; LENS CULINARIS; PETROMYZON MARINUS; PETROMYZONTIDAE; PISUM; PISUM SATIVUM; SEA LAMPREYS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0036629865     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.19.773     Document Type: Article

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