Leptin, leptin receptors and ACTH immunoreactivities are present in the gastrointestinal tract and the neural tube of tadpoles of the newt Triturus

Journal of Molecular Histology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 103-109

  Buono, S ^a   Putti, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; INSULIN RECEPTOR; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG YOLK; EMBRYO; FOOD INTAKE; FOREBRAIN; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HATCHING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MESENCEPHALON; NEURAL TUBE; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NEWT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SALAMANDER; SPINAL CORD; ANIMAL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; METABOLISM; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMPHIBIA; MAMMALIA; SALAMANDRIDAE; TRITURUS; TRITURUS CRISTATUS;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARVA; LEPTIN; NERVOUS SYSTEM; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; TRITURUS;

EID: 4944258936     PISSN: 15672379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HIJO.0000023370.08524.fc     Document Type: Article

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