Dermatan sulfate is the major metachromatic glycosaminoglycan in the integument of the anuran Bufo ictericus

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 160-165

  Pelli, A A ^a   Azevedo, R A ^a   Cinelli, L P ^a   Mourao P A S ^a   de Brito Gitirana, L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Glycosaminoglycans; Integument; Mammalian skin

Indexed keywords

ALCIAN BLUE; DERMATAN SULFATE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; HEPARAN SULFATE; HYALURONIC ACID; METHYLENE BLUE; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMIS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; INTEGUMENT; MALE; MAMMAL; MAST CELL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; TOAD;

AMPHIBIA; BUFO ICTERICUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33846785621     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2006.10.098     Document Type: Article

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