A family of non-collagen-based cartilages in the skeleton of the sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 71-78

  Robson, Paul ^a   Wright, Glenda M ^b   Youson, John H ^c   Keeley, Fred W ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cartilage; Elastin; Lamprey; Lamprin; Matrix; Proteins

Indexed keywords

CYANOGEN BROMIDE; ELASTIN; MATRIX PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CYCLOSTOME; EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SKELETON;

EID: 0030828688     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(97)00026-6     Document Type: Article

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