In situ hybridization localization of TRH precursor and TRH receptor mRNAs in the brain and pituitary of Xenopus laevis

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1040, Issue , 2005, Pages 95-105

  Galas, L ^a   Bidaud, I ^b   Bulant, M ^b   Jenks, B G ^c   Ouwens, D T W M ^c   Jegou S ^a   Ladram, A ^b   Roubos, E W ^c   Nicolas, P ^b   Tonon, M C ^a   Vaudry, Hubert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^b INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brain; Frog; Pituitary; Skin color adaptation; TRH precursor; TRH receptors

Indexed keywords

HORMONE PRECURSOR; MESSENGER RNA; PROTIRELIN; PROTIRELIN RECEPTOR;

ADAPTATION; AMPHIBIA; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIENCEPHALON; HYPOPHYSIS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SKIN COLOR; TELENCEPHALON; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 22144466886     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1327.012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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