Immunohistology with antibodies specific to test cells in the ascidian Ciona intestinalis suggests their role in larval tunic formation

Zoological Science

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 241-251

  Takamura, Katsumi ^a   Ueda, Yoshihiro ^a   Irie, Uzuru ^a   Yamaguchi, Yasunori ^a  

^a FUKUYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0029776691     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.13.241     Document Type: Article

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