Fat body of the frog Rana esculenta: An ultrastructural study

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 227, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 321-334

  Zancanaro, Carlo ^a,d   Merigo, Flavia ^a   Digito, Maura ^c   Pelosi, Giuseppe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b Major City Hospital   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d Istituto di Anatomia ed Istologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAT; LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE; PROTEIN S 100;

ADIPOCYTE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; FAT BODY; FEMALE; FROG; HISTOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEASON; STARVATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADIPOCYTES; ANIMALS; FAT BODY; FATS; FEMALE; LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING TRANSMISSION; ORGAN SIZE; RANA ESCULENTA; S100 PROTEINS; SEASONS; STARVATION;

EID: 0030091056     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(199603)227:3<321::AID-JMOR4>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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