Development of gonadotropes in the chicken embryonic pituitary gland

Zoological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 435-444

  Maseki, Yoko ^a   Nakamura, Kazuaki ^a   Iwasawa, Atsushi ^b   Zheng, Jun ^a   Inoue, Kinji ^a   Sakai, Takafumi ^a  

^a SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chicken; Development; FSH ; LH ; Pituitary gland

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FOLLITROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BETA SUBUNIT; MESSENGER RNA; PRIMER DNA;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL COUNT; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE, BETA SUBUNIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IMMUNE SERA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE, BETA SUBUNIT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 2642562199     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.21.435     Document Type: Article

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