Low temperature FESEM of the calcifying interface of a scleractinian coral

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 187-198

  Clode, P L ^a   Marshall, A T ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calcification; Calicoblastic ectoderm; Coral; FESEM; Organic matrix

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APICAL MEMBRANE; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL; ECTODERM; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOLOGY; HYDRATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; MEMBRANE VESICLE; NONHUMAN; POLYP; SKELETON; SOFT TISSUE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; THIN FILAMENT; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; BONE MINERALIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOPLASM VESICLE; EPITHELIUM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE; TISSUE FIXATION;

ANTHOZOA; GALAXEA FASCICULARIS; SCLERACTINIA;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOPLASMIC VESICLES; EPITHELIUM; FROZEN SECTIONS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; TEMPERATURE; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 0036618899     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-8166(02)00031-9     Document Type: Article

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