Morphological, immunohistochemical and ultrastructural characterization of the skin of turbot (Psetta maxima L.)

• Published in: Tissue and Cell
• Main Authors: Failde, L.D., Bermúdez, R., Vigliano, Fabricio Andrés, Coscelli, Germán Alberto, Quiroga, Marina Inés
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Churchill Livingstone
• Subjects: Normal Skin; Turbot; Psetta Maxima; Chromatophores; Pigmentation; Argentina; Rosario
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/31099

This study was undertaken to identify the normal morphologic, immunohistochemical and ultrastructural features of skin of the turbot (Psetta maxima L.). In the turbot skin, three morphologically distinct layers were identified: epidermis, dermis and hypodermis. The epidermis was non-keratinizing, st...