Cloning of corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) precursor cDNA and immunohistochemical detection of CRH peptide in the brain of the Japanese eel, paying special attention to gonadotropin-releasing hormone

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 356, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 243-251

  Amano, Masafumi ^a   Mizusawa, Nanami ^b   Okubo, Kataaki ^b   Amiya, Noriko ^a   Mizusawa, Kanta ^a   Chiba, Hiroaki ^a   Yamamoto, Naoyuki ^c   Takahashi, Akiyoshi ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CRH; Eel; GnRH; Immunohistochemistry; Teleost

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EELS; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JAPAN; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PITUITARY GLAND; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 84898916832     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: 14320878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-013-1784-6     Document Type: Article

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