Mesangial cells of the lamprey, Lampetra japonica, store vitamin A

Archives of Histology and Cytology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 71-78

  Bauer, Peter ^a,b   Wake, Kenjiro ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAT DROPLET; RETINOL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CYCLOSTOME; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GLOMERULUS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; MESANGIUM CELL; NONHUMAN; VERTEBRATE; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

EID: 0029870434     PISSN: 09149465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1679/aohc.59.71     Document Type: Article

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