Ultrastructure of the pharyngeal cuticle and lectin labelling with wheat germ agglutinin-gold conjugate indicating chitin in the pharyngeal cuticle of Oesophagostomum dentatum (Strongylida, Nematoda)

Acta Zoologica

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 205-213

  Neuhaus, Birger ^a,b   Bresciani, José ^a   Peters, Werner ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; LECTIN; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ;

ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CUTICLE; LECTIN BINDING; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PHARYNX; STRONGYLOIDEA; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0030658918     PISSN: 00017272     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6395.1997.tb01007.x     Document Type: Article

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