Chitin is endogenously produced in vertebrates

Current Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 897-900

  Tang, W Joyce ^a   Fernandez, Javier G ^b,c   Sohn, Joel J ^c   Amemiya, Chris T ^a,d  

^a BENAROYA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN   (Singapore)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; DANIO RERIO; FUNGI; INVERTEBRATA; PISCES; SALAMANDROIDEA; VERTEBRATA;

CHITIN; CHITIN SYNTHASE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; EPITHELIUM CELL; FISH; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTESTINE; LARVA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; VERTEBRATE; ZEBRA FISH;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; CHITIN; CHITIN SYNTHASE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FISHES; INTESTINES; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; VERTEBRATES; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84933182581     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.01.058     Document Type: Article

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