Wedge cells during regeneration of juvenile and adult feathers and their role in carving out the branching pattern of barbs

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 189, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 234-242

  Alibardi, Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Barb morphogenesis; Cornification; Regenerating feathers; Supportive cells; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

KERATIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRANCHING MORPHOGENESIS; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SHAPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEATHER; NONHUMAN; TISSUE REGENERATION;

EID: 34147152742     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2006.11.008     Document Type: Article

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