Age-dependent expression of AVT and its oxytocic-like receptor VT3 in the shell gland of Japanese quail, Coturnix coturnix japonica

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-52

  Srivastava, Rashmi ^a   Cornett, Lawrence E ^b   Chaturvedi, Chandra Mohini ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

AVT; Immunohistochemistry; In situ hybridization; Japanese quail; Oxytocic like receptor; Shell gland; VT3

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESTOCIN; HORMONE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN VT3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTURNIX; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; OVARY FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION;

EID: 71649108024     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2009.06.002     Document Type: Article

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