Activity-dependent dynamics of coexisting brain-derived neurotrophic factor, pro-opiomelanocortin and α-melanophore-stimulating hormone in melanotrope cells of Xenopus laevis

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-25

  Wang, L C ^a   Meijer, H K ^a   Humbel, B M ^b   Jenks, B G ^a   Roubos, E W ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cryosubstitution; High pressure freezing; Triple labelling quantitative immunoelectron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL MATURATION; CELL SECRETION; CELL STIMULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DENSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FREEZING; HORMONE ACTION; HYPERBARISM; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; ILLUMINATION; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOGOLD LABELING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SECRETORY GRANULE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ALPHA-MSH; ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; FREEZE FRACTURING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PITUITARY GLAND; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SECRETORY VESICLES; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0742272131     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2004.01110.x     Document Type: Article

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