Histochemical and ultrastructural analyses of adhesive setae of lizards indicate that they contain lipids in addition to keratins

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 272, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 758-768

  Alibardi, L ^a   Edward, D ^b   Patil, L ^b   Bouhenni, R ^b   Dhinojwala, A ^c   Niewiarowski, P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b SUMMA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c University of Akron   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

Anolis; Gecko; Keratin; Phelsuma; Setae; Toe pads

Indexed keywords

KERATIN; LIPID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EPIDERMIS; HISTOLOGY; LIZARD; SENSILLUM; TOE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; EPIDERMIS; KERATINS; LIPIDS; LIZARDS; SENSILLA; TOES;

ANOLIS; ANOLIS CAROLINENSIS; GEKKONIDAE; PHELSUMA; PHELSUMA DUBIA; POLYCHROTINAE; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 79955645430     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10948     Document Type: Article

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