M cells in the rabbit palatine tonsil: The distribution, spatial arrangement and membrane subdomains as defined by confocal lectin histochemistry

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 195, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 353-358

  Gebert, A ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Confocal laser scanning microscopy; Glycoconjugates; Lectins; M cell; Mucosa associated lymphoid tissue; Rabbit; Tonsil

Indexed keywords

GLYCOCONJUGATE; ULEX EUROPAEUS AGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APICAL MEMBRANE; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL MEMBRANE; CELL LABELING; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL VACUOLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; LECTIN BINDING; LYMPHOCYTE; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PALATINE TONSIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; TRANSCYTOSIS;

ANIMALS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM; GLYCOCONJUGATES; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LECTINS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; RABBITS; TONSIL;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; ULEX EUROPAEUS;

EID: 0030951905     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004290050055     Document Type: Article

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