Two modes of tunic cuticle formation in a colonial ascidian Aplidium yamazii, responding to wounding

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 25-34

  Hirose, Euichi ^a   Taneda, Yasuho ^b   Ishii, Teruhisa ^c  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cuticle regeneration; Cuticular boundary; Fiber formation; Integument; TEM; Tunic contraction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; CUTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INTEGUMENT; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOUND;

APLIDIUM; APLIDIUM YAMAZII; ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA;

EID: 0030871777     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-305X(97)00002-5     Document Type: Article

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