The twisted collagen network of the box-fish scutes

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 251-260

  Besseau, L ^a   Bouligand, Y ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE ARAGO   (France)

Author keywords

Collagen; Liquid crystalline order; Ostraciidae; Scutes; Twisted plywood

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN FIBRIL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; DERMIS; FISH; NONHUMAN; THICKNESS;

ANIMALIA; OSTRACIIDAE;

EID: 0031921456     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-8166(98)80073-6     Document Type: Article

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