Ultrastructural organization of avian stratum corneum lipids as the basis for facultative cutaneous waterproofing

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 227, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-13

  Menon, G K ^a,b   Maderson, P F A ^c   Drewes, R C ^b   Baptista, L F ^d   Price, L F ^a   Elias, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPIDERMIS; MALE; MAMMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; REPTILE; THERMOREGULATION; TISSUE FIXATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WATER DEPRIVATION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; EPIDERMIS; LIPIDS; MALE; MAMMALS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; REPTILES; TISSUE FIXATION; WATER DEPRIVATION; WATER LOSS, INSENSIBLE;

EID: 0029684609     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(199601)227:1<1::AID-JMOR1>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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