Anchoring of epithelia to underlying connective tissue: Evidence of frayed ends of collagen fibrils directly merging with meshwork of lamina densa

Journal of Electron Microscopy

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1994, Pages 264-271

  Adachi, Eijiro ^b   Hayashi, Toshihiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anchoring system; Collagen fibrils; Lamina densa; Type IV collagen; Type V collagen

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FREEZE ETCHING; HAPLORHINI; HUMAN; MOUSE; MOUTH MUCOSA; PANCREAS; PERIODONTIUM; PLACENTA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; COLLAGEN; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; EPITHELIAL ATTACHMENT; FREEZE ETCHING; HAPLORHINI; HUMANS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOUTH MUCOSA; PANCREAS; PLACENTA;

ANIMALIA; HAPLORHINI;

EID: 0028520597     PISSN: 00220744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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