Evidence that water exudes when holothurian connective tissue stiffens

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1960-1966

  Tamori, Masaki ^a   Takemae, Chigusa ^a   Motokawa, Tatsuo ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM; WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DERMIS; METABOLISM; SEA CUCUMBER;

ANIMALS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DERMIS; POTASSIUM; SEA CUCUMBERS; WATER;

HOLOTHURIA; HOLOTHUROIDEA;

EID: 77952737413     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.038505     Document Type: Article

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