Metamorphic changes in localization of sugars in skin of the leopard frog, Rana pipiens

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 269, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 998-1007

  Faszewski, Ellen E ^a   Tyrell, Annemarie ^b   Guin, Sujata ^b   Kaltenbach, Jane C ^b  

^a WHEELOCK COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian skin; Glycoconjugates; Lectin staining; Metamorphosis; Rana pipiens; Sugars

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; ARMORACIA RUSTICANA; FELIDAE; PANTHERA PARDUS; RANA PIPIENS;

CARBOHYDRATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; FROG; LIFE CYCLE; METABOLISM; METAMORPHOSIS; SKIN;

ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATES; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; RANA PIPIENS; SKIN; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 50349089501     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10639     Document Type: Article

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