Function-related adaptations of ultrastructure, mineral phase distribution and mechanical properties in the incisive cuticle of mandibles of Porcellio scaber Latreille, 1804

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-15

  Huber, Julia ^a   Fabritius, Helge Otto ^b   Griesshaber, Erika ^c   Ziegler, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EISENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amorphous calcium carbonate; Amorphous calcium phosphate; Calcite; Electron backscatter diffraction; Isopoda; Mandible; Pars incisiva

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; CHITIN; MINERAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTICLE; FIBER; MANDIBLE; NONHUMAN; PORCELLIO SCABER; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ANIMAL; BONE MINERALIZATION; CHEMISTRY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; ISOPODA; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHITIN; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; ISOPODA; MANDIBLE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MINERALS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

EID: 84907601766     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2014.09.002     Document Type: Article

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