Experimental analysis of lens-forming capacity in Xenopus borealis larvae

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Comparative Experimental Biology

Volumn 305, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 538-550

  Filoni, Sergio ^a,b   Bernardini, Sergio ^a   Cannata, Stefano M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Biologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CORNEA; EPIDERMIS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; LENS; PHYSIOLOGY; REGENERATION; VITREOUS BODY; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; CORNEA; EPIDERMIS; LARVA; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; REGENERATION; VITREOUS BODY; XENOPUS;

AMPHIBIA; XENOPUS BOREALIS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS TROPICALIS;

EID: 33745928457     PISSN: 15488969     EISSN: 1552499X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.a.297     Document Type: Article

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