Fine structure of the developing avian corneal stroma as revealed by quick-freeze, deep-etch electron microscopy

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 267-277

  Hirsch, Michel ^a   Noske, Walter ^b   Prenant, Genevieve ^a   Renard, Gilles ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chicken embryo; Corneal stroma extracellular matrix; Deep etching; Electron microscopy; Quick freezing

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; EYE DEVELOPMENT; FREEZE ETCHING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032872749     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1999.0695     Document Type: Article

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