A systematic study of the development of the airway (bronchial) system of the avian lung from days 3 to 26 of embryogenesis: A transmission electron microscopic study on the domestic fowl, Gallus gallus variant domesticus

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 375-391

  Maina, J N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Birds; Development; Domestic fowl; Egg; Embryo; Lung

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL GENETICS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLOOD GAS; BRONCHUS; CELL ADHESION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CELL TYPE; CHICKEN; COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIUM CELL; FOWL; HATCHING; HEART ATRIUM; INFUNDIBULUM; INTERCELLULAR SPACE; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; LUNG STRUCTURE; MAMMAL; MESENCHYME CELL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AVES; BRONCHUS; GALLIFORMES; GALLUS; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0141920784     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-8166(03)00058-2     Document Type: Article

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