G protein alpha subunits in the olfactory epithelium of the holocephalan fish Chimaera monstrosa

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 472, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-67

  Ferrando, Sara ^a   Gallus, Lorenzo ^a   Gambardella, Chiara ^a,b   Vacchi, Marino ^a   Tagliafierro, Grazia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cartilaginous fish; G o; Holocephalan; Olfactory epithelium

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHIMAERA MONSTROSA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISH; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FISHES; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OLFACTORY MUCOSA;

EID: 76949103957     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.01.059     Document Type: Article

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