Secretory polymorphism and serous cutaneous gland heterogeneity in Bufo granulosus (Amphibia, Anura)

Toxicon

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1281-1296

  Delfino, G ^a   Brizzi, R ^a   Alvarez, B B ^b   Taddei, L ^a  

^a Dipto di Biol Animale e Genetica   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL NORDESTE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bufo; Serous glands; Skin; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN VENOM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECRETORY CELL; SKIN GLAND; TOAD; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BUFONIDAE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; EXOCRINE GLANDS; MICROSCOPY; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; POISONS; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; ARGENTINA (FISH); BOMBINA; BUFO; BUFO GRANULOSUS; BUFONIDAE;

EID: 0032908233     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(98)00267-0     Document Type: Article

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