Uptake of dextran-FITC by epithelial cells of the chorioallantoic placentome and the omphalopleure of the placentotrophic lizard, Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Comparative Experimental Biology

Volumn 305, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 883-889

  Stewart, James R ^a   Thompson, Michael B ^b   Attaway, Marcus B ^a   Herbert, Jacquie F ^b   Murphy, Christopher R ^b  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE DEXTRAN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHORIOALLANTOIS; CYTOLOGY; ENDOCYTOSIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; LIZARD; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; YOLK SAC;

ANIMALS; CHORIOALLANTOIC MEMBRANE; DEXTRANS; ENDOCYTOSIS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; LIZARDS; YOLK SAC;

PSEUDEMOIA; PSEUDEMOIA ENTRECASTEAUXII; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 33750151293     PISSN: 15488969     EISSN: 1552499X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.a.328     Document Type: Article

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