Beacon/ubiquitin-like 5-immunoreactivity in the hypothalamus and pituitary of the mouse

Brain Research

Volumn 984, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 215-223

  Brailoiu, G Cristina ^a   Dun, Siok L ^a   Chi, Michelle ^a   Ohsawa, Masahiro ^a,c   Chang, Jaw Kang ^b   Yang, Jun ^b   Dun, Nae J ^a  

^a East Tennessee State University   (United States)

^b PHOENIX PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Obesity; Oxytocin; Paraventricular nucleus; Retrochiasmatic nucleus; Supraoptic nucleus; Ubiquitin; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

BEACON PROTEIN; BRAIN PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; OXYTOCIN; POLYCLONAL ANTISERUM; RABBIT ANTISERUM; UBIQUITIN LIKE 5 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GUINEA PIG; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROSECRETION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSAMMOMYS OBESUS; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0043158680     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(03)03161-5     Document Type: Article

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