Epidermal differentiation during carapace and plastron formation in the embryonic turtle Emydura macquarii

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 194, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 531-545

  Alibardi, Lorenzo ^a   Thompson, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Chelonians; Keratin epidermis; Shell; Structure

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; KERATIN; LIPID; ORGANIC MATTER;

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BIRD; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GRANULE; CELL MEMBRANE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENSE BODY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONAL TISSUE; EPIDERMIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HATCHING; HISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINIZATION; LIZARD; MELANOSOME; MUCUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; RETICULUM CELL; RIBOSOME; SKIN; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EPIDERMIS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MORPHOGENESIS; PIGMENTATION; TURTLES;

EID: 0032791677     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002187829900494X     Document Type: Article

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