Differential distribution of melatonin receptors in the pituitary gland of Xenopus laevis

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 206, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 291-299

  Wiechmann, Allan F ^a   Vrieze, Melissa J ^a   Wirsig Wiechmann, Celeste R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arginine vasotocin; Frog; Luteinizing hormone; Melanocyte stimulating hormone; Prolactin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; MELATONIN RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; PROLACTIN; RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS INTERMEDIATE LOBE; HYPOPHYSIS PARS DISTALIS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TISSUE SECTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0037356186     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-002-0295-0     Document Type: Article

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