Growth potential of Rana tigerina skin lipids in cell cultures

In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Animal

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 561-567

  Sai, K Purna ^a   Babu, Mary ^a,b  

^a CENTRAL LEATHER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Cell proliferation; Frog skin; Skin lipids; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; DIACYLGLYCEROL; HYDROCORTISONE; PHOSPHOLIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; FROG; GROWTH REGULATION; KERATINOCYTE; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; SKIN CELL; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; HOPLOBATRACHUS TIGERINUS;

EID: 0032443522     PISSN: 10712690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11626-998-0116-8     Document Type: Article

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