Glycoconjugate localization in larval and adult skin of the bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana: A lectin histochemical study

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 261, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 184-195

  Kaltenbach, Jane C ^a   Faszewski, Ellen E ^a,b   Nytch, Karen E ^a   Potter, Christine H ^a   Shanthakumar, Narmatha ^a   Fakin, Alina ^a  

^a MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b WHEELOCK COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian skin; Glycoconjugates; Lectin staining; Metamorphosis; Rana catesbeiana

Indexed keywords

GLYCOCONJUGATE; LECTIN; WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; FROG; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARVA; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SKIN;

ANIMALS; GLYCOCONJUGATES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARVA; LECTINS; RANA CATESBEIANA; SKIN; WATER; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; ARMORACIA RUSTICANA; RANA CATESBEIANA;

EID: 4043085607     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10237     Document Type: Article

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