Growth hormone is a weaker candidate than prolactin for the hormone responsible for the development of a larval-type feature in cultured bullfrog skin

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1137-1142

  Takada, Makoto ^a   Kasai, Miyoko ^a  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amphibian metamorphosis; Bullfrog skin; Growth hormone; Non selective cation channel; Prolactin; Rana catesbeiana

Indexed keywords

AMILORIDE; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEIN; GROWTH HORMONE; PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FROG; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMPEDANCE; IN VITRO STUDY; METAMORPHOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMILORIDE; ANIMALS; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; GROWTH HORMONE; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; PROLACTIN; RANA CATESBEIANA;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; RANA CATESBEIANA;

EID: 0037388097     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00231     Document Type: Article

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