Acidic glycosaminoglycans in marine teleost larvae: Evidence for a relationship between composition and negative charge density in Elopomorph leptocephali

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 137-144

  Pfeiler, E ^a,b  

^a SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Charge density; Clupeomorpha; Elopomorpha; Euteleostei; Glycosaminoglycans; Larvae; Phylogeny; Teleost fishes

Indexed keywords

ACID GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; ELECTROPHORESIS; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TELEOST;

EID: 0031936921     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(97)00296-4     Document Type: Article

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