Analysis of the Henze precipitate from the blood cells of the ascidian Phallusia mammillata

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 366-370

  Ciancio, Aurelio ^a   Scippa, Silvia ^b,c   Nette, Geoffrey ^b,c   De Vincentiis, Mario ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE PLANT PROTECTION   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BLOOD DERIVATIVE; CARBON; OXYGEN; PAINT; SILICON; SILICON DIOXIDE; WATER; WAX;

HISTOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BLOOD CELL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DEGRADATION; HENZE PRECIPITATE; MICROANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PHALLUSIA MAMMILLATA; PRECIPITATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; HEMOCYTES; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; UROCHORDATA;

ASCIDIA; PHALLUSIA; PHALLUSIA MAMMILATA; PROTOCHORDATA;

EID: 4544292891     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-004-0540-x     Document Type: Article

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