Ultrastructural localization of tritiated histidine in down feathers of the chick

Cells Tissues Organs

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 35-47

  Alibardi, Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autoradiography; Chick; Down feathers; Keratin synthesis; Tritiated histidine; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

HISTIDINE; HISTIDINE RICH PROTEIN; KERATIN; PROTEIN; TRITIATED HISTIDINE; TRITIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BARB VANE RIDGE CELL; BARBULE CELL; CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ELONGATION; CELL GRANULE; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHICK EMBRYO; COLUMNAR CELL; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; DOWN FEATHER; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIDERMIS; FEATHER; FEATHER BARB; ISOTOPE LABELING; KERATIN FILAMENT; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PERIDERM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SHEATH CELL; SUPPORTIVE CELL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; FEATHERS; HISTIDINE; TRITIUM;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33646453353     PISSN: 14226405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000091717     Document Type: Article

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