Tube growth process in the deep-sea hydrothermal vent tubeworm Riftia pachyptila (Vestimentifera): Synthesis and degradation of chitin

Cahiers de Biologie Marine

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 99-107

  Ravaux, Juliette ^a,b   Gay, Lucien ^c   Voss Foucart, Marie Françoise ^d   Gaill, Françoise ^a  

^a STATION DE RADIOASTRONOMIE DE NANÇAY   (France)

^b Laboratoire de Biologie Marine   (France)

^c CENTRE DE GÉNÉTIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chitin synthase; Chitinase; Extracellular matrix; Growth process; Vestimentifera

Indexed keywords

ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH; HYDROTHERMAL ORGANISM; TUBE DWELLER;

ANIMALIA; PACHYPTILA; RIFTIA PACHYPTILA; VESTIMENTIFERA;

EID: 0032321930     PISSN: 00079723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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