Lectin histochemical studies on the olfactory epithelium and vomeronasal organ in the Japanese striped snake, Elaphe quadrivirgata

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 271, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1197-1203

  Kondoh, Daisuke ^a   Yamamoto, Yoshio ^a   Nakamuta, Nobuaki ^a   Taniguchi, Kazumi ^b   Taniguchi, Kazuyuki ^a  

^a IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glycoconjugates; Olfaction; Receptor cells; Reproductive season; Sauropsids

Indexed keywords

BANDEIRAEA SIMPLICIFOLIA; DOLICHOS; DOLICHOS BIFLORUS; ELAPHE QUADRIVIRGATA; ERYTHRINA CRISTA-GALLI; SAUROPSIDA; SOPHORA; STYPHNOLOBIUM JAPONICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

GLYCOCONJUGATE; LECTIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; SNAKE; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANIMALS; COLUBRIDAE; GLYCOCONJUGATES; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LECTINS; OLFACTORY MUCOSA; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 77957054932     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10864     Document Type: Article

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