Cytochemical investigations on tunic morphogenesis in the sea peach Halocynthia papillosa (Tunicata, Ascidiacea). 1: Demonstration of polysaccharides

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 621-630

  Lubbering Sommer B ^a   Compere P ^b   Goffinet, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b National Fund for the Scientific Research (FNRS)   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cellulose; Cytochemistry; Enzyme gold labelling; Polysaccharides; Tunic morphogenesis; Tunicin

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE 1,4 BETA CELLOBIOSIDASE; GLYCOGEN; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; EPIDERMIS CELL; MORPHOGENESIS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALIA; ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; HALOCYNTHIA PAPILLOSA; HALOCYNTHIA PYRIFORMIS; PRUNUS PERSICA; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 0029848650     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-8166(96)80065-6     Document Type: Article

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