Structural and mechanical aspects of the skin of Bufo marinus (Anura, Amphibia)

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 541-547

  Schwinger, G ^a   Zanger, K ^a   Greven, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anuran skin; Biomechanics; Collagen; Elastin; Tensile test

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; ELASTIN; TANNIN;

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; DERMIS; ELASTIC FIBER; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GENDER; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; SKIN; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TOAD; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0035176822     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/tice.2001.0208     Document Type: Article

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