Ultrastructure of the cuticle of Loricifera and demonstration of chitin using gold-labelled wheat germ agglutinin

Acta Zoologica

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 215-225

  Neuhaus, Birger ^a,b   Kristensen, Reinhardt Møbjerg ^b   Peters, Werner ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; COLLOIDAL GOLD; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ;

ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CUTICLE; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PHARYNX; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0030695818     PISSN: 00017272     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6395.1997.tb01008.x     Document Type: Article

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