Ultrastructure and mineral composition of the cornea cuticle in the compound eyes of a supralittoral and a marine isopod

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 158-173

  Alagboso, Francisca I ^a   Reisecker, Christian ^b   Hild, Sabine ^b   Ziegler, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Amorphous calcium carbonate; Biomineralization; Calcite; Cornea; Cuticle; Ligia; Sphaeroma

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHITIN; MINERAL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPOUND EYE; CORNEA; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CUTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HABITAT; ISOPODA; LIGIA OCEANICA; MICROSCOPY; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPHAEROMA SERRATUM; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; THICKNESS; TISSUE PREPARATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ANIMAL; AQUATIC SPECIES; BONE MINERALIZATION; CHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA; LIGIA; LIGIA OCEANICA; SPHAEROMA; SPHAEROMA SERRATUM;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; COMPOUND EYE, ARTHROPOD; CORNEA; ISOPODA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MINERALS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

EID: 84905254240     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2014.06.002     Document Type: Article

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