The development of the pressure-bearing tendon of the bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-64

  Carvalho, Hernandes Faustino ^a   Felisbino, Sérgio Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Collagen birefringence; Frog development; Tendon development; Tendon fibrocartilage; Vimentin

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER; PROTEOGLYCAN; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BULLFROG; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL SHAPE; CYTOCHEMISTRY; EMBRYO; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLAST; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MESENCHYME; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON;

ANIMALS; CARTILAGE; COLLAGEN; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLASTS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; PROTEOGLYCANS; RANA CATESBEIANA; TENDONS; VIMENTIN; WEIGHT-BEARING;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; MAMMALIA; RANA CATESBEIANA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033055814     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004290050259     Document Type: Article

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