Biochemical and lmmunohistochemical analyses of GnRH-like peptides in the nerve ganglion of the chiton, Acanthopleura japonica

Zoological Science

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 924-930

  Amano, Masafumi ^a   Yokoyama, Takehiko ^a   Amiya, Noriko ^a   Hotta, Mineka ^a   Takakusaki, Yoko ^a   Kado, Ryusuke ^a   Oka, Yoshitaka ^b  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

chiton; GnRH; HPLC; immunohistochemistry; mollusk

Indexed keywords

LIOLOPHURA JAPONICA; MOLLUSCA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PETROMYZONTIDAE; POLYPLACOPHORA; VERTEBRATA;

GONADORELIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GANGLION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MOLLUSC;

ANIMALS; GANGLIA; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 78649581254     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.27.924     Document Type: Article

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