Twisted liquid crystalline supramolecular arrangements in morphogenesis

International Review of Cytology

Volumn 166, Issue , 1996, Pages 59-101

  Giraud Guille, M M ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Cellulose; Chitin; Cholesteric mesophases; Collagen; DNA; Electron microscopy; Extracellular matrix; Nuclei and chromosomes; Polarized light microscopy

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CHITIN; COLLAGEN FIBRIL; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; POLYMER;

CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GEOMETRY; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRIPLE HELIX;

EID: 0029870168     PISSN: 00747696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(08)62506-1     Document Type: Review

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