Isolation and characterization of salmon ultimobranchial calcitonin
Although the first preparations of the hypocalcemic hormone, calcitonin (ct), were extracted from rat thyroid glands, histological evidence showed that the "c" cells which produce the hormone are not restricted to this gland, but also occur in the parathyroid and thymus tissues of mammals....
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University of British Columbia
2011
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/34416 |