Fibrillin in the extracellular matrix of cnidarians: An immunohistochemical approach

Scientia Marina

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-68

  Reber Müller, Susanne ^a,b   Ono, Shin Ichi ^c   Schuchert, Peter ^a   Spring, Jürg ^a   Schmid, Volker ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE   (France)

^c TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cnidarians; Extracellular matrix; Fibrillin; Monoclonal antibody

Indexed keywords

ANTHOMEDUSAE; ANTHOZOA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; LEPTOMEDUSAE; MAMMALIA; PLEUROBRACHIA; PODOCORYNE; SCYPHOZOA; TRACHYMEDUSAE;

EID: 0344711400     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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