Immunohistochemical localization of the ACTH (MC-2) receptor in the rat placenta and adrenal gland

Archives of Histology and Cytology

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 443-453

  Izumi, Shin Ichi ^a   Abe, Kuniko ^b   Hayashi, Tomayoshi ^b   Nakane, Paul K ^c   Koji, Takehiko ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RECEPTOR; PEPTIDE ANTIBODY;

ADRENAL CORTEX CELL; ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARENCHYMA; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RABBIT; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; RIBOSOME; STEROIDOGENESIS; TROPHOBLAST; WESTERN BLOTTING; ZONA FASCICULATA;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ZONA FASCICULATA;

EID: 15744373844     PISSN: 09149465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1679/aohc.67.443     Document Type: Article

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