Immunohistochemical localization of chromogranin A in gonadotrophs and somatotrophs of the turkey and chicken pituitary

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 293-303

  Proudman, J A ^a   Clerens, S ^b   Van Den Bergh, G ^b   Garrett, W M ^a   Verhaert, P D ^b   Vandesande, F ^b   Berghman, L R ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acid sequence; Chicken; Chromogranin A; Gonadotroph; Somatotroph; Turkey

Indexed keywords

CHROMOGRANIN; CHROMOGRANIN A; GONADOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; PROLACTIN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AGE; AGING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; EGG LAYING; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FOWL; GONADOTROPIN SECRETING CELL; HORMONE RELEASE; HYBRIDOMA; HYPOPHYSIS; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEXUAL MATURATION; SOMATIC CELL; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TISSUE SECTION; TURKEY (BIRD); WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0038615902     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6480(03)00056-X     Document Type: Article

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