The digestive gland of Viviparus ater (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Prosobranchia): An ultrastructural and histochemical study

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 731-739

  Rebecchi, B ^a   Franchini, A ^a   Bolognani Fantin, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Digestive gland; Histochemistry; Mollusc; Ultrastructure; Viviparus ater

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; GLYCOGEN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DIGESTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOCRINE CELL; ENDOCYTOSIS; EPITHELIUM; EXOCRINE GLAND; GASTROPOD; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0030449940     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-8166(96)80076-0     Document Type: Article

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