Physiological and morphological characteristics of the rhythmic contractions of the amnion in veiled chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus) embryogenesis

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 19-28

  Nechaeva, Marina V ^a   Makarenko, Irina G ^a   Tsitrin, Evgenii B ^a   Zhdanova, Nadezhda P ^a  

^a KOL TSOV INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Amnion; Chameleon embryo; F actin; Heart rate; Rhythmic contractions; Smooth muscle; Temperature

Indexed keywords

PHALLOIDIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; AMNION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SHAPE; CHAMELEON; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; EGG; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FORCE TRANSDUCER; HATCHING; HEART RATE; HEATING; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; REPTILE; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SPINDLE CELL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

AVES; CHAMAELEO; CHAMAELEO CALYPTRATUS; REPTILIA;

EID: 12344297544     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2004.09.024     Document Type: Article

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