Skin-type antifreeze protein expression in integumental cells of larval winter flounder

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1391-1406

  Murray, H M ^a   Hew, C L ^b   Fletcher, G L ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Development; Flounder; Immunohistochemistry; In situ hybridization; Mucus

Indexed keywords

ECOPHYSIOLOGY;

PLEURONECTES; PLEURONECTOIDEI; PSEUDOPLEURONECTES AMERICANUS;

EID: 0036621962     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.2002.1921     Document Type: Article

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