Unusual adhesive production system in the barnacle Lepas anatifera: An ultrastructural and histochemical investigation

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 273, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1377-1391

  Jonker, Jaimie Leigh ^a   von Byern, Janek ^b   Flammang, Patrick ^c   Klepal, Waltraud ^d   Power, Anne Marie ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Adhesive gland; Barnacle; Bioadhesion; Biomimetics; Histochemistry; Immunohistochemistry; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE AGENT; GLYCOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BARNACLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; SECRETORY PATHWAY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADHESIVES; ANIMALS; GLYCOPROTEINS; SECRETORY PATHWAY; THORACICA;

ANIMALIA; LEPAS ANATIFERA; THORACICA;

EID: 84869088121     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.20067     Document Type: Article

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