Cell adhesion and histocompatibility in sponges

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 204-218

  Fernàndez Busquets, Xavier ^a,b   Burger, Max M ^a,b  

^a FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^b MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation factors; Graft rejection; Invertebrate immunity; Porifera; Proteoglycans

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CALCIUM; CELL MEMBRANES; GLYCOPROTEINS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); GRAFTS; MOLECULES; POLYSACCHARIDES;

AGGREGATION FACTORS; CELL RECOGNITION; CELLS ADHESION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; GRAFT REJECTION; INVERTEBRATE IMMUNITY; MODELLING SYSTEMS; PORIFERA; PROTEOGLYCANS; SPECIES SPECIFICS;

CELL ADHESION;

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; COLLAGEN; GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; PROTEOGLYCAN;

ANIMAL CELL; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELL MIGRATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EVOLUTION; GRAFT REJECTION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPONGE (PORIFERA);

EID: 0033558356     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19990215)44:4<204::AID-JEMT2>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Review

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