Ultrastructural patterns of secretory activity in poison cutaneous glands of larval and juvenile Dendrobates auratus (Amphibia, Anura)

Toxicon

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-39

  Angel, R ^a   Delfino, G ^b   Parra, G J ^a  

^a Instituto Colombiano de Medicina Tropical   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dendrobates auratus; Poison biosynthesis; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE; POISON; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON; EMBRYO; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FROG; GOLGI COMPLEX; JUVENILE; LARVA; LIPOPHILICITY; MATURATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POISON GLAND SECRETION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SECRETION; SECRETORY GRANULE; SURVIVAL; TADPOLE; THICKNESS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALS; EXOCRINE GLANDS; LARVA; POISONS; SKIN;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; DENDROBATES; DENDROBATES AURATUS; HYLIDAE;

EID: 0037212613     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(02)00206-4     Document Type: Article

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