Ultrastructural localization of zinc ions in the rat prostate: An autometallographic study

Prostate

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 125-130

  Sorensen, M B ^a   Stoltenberg, M ^a   Juhl, S ^a   Danscher, G ^a   Ernst, E ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

autometallography; chelatable zinc; secretory cells; silver sulphide method; zinc ions

Indexed keywords

METALLOTHIONEIN; ZINC;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LYSOSOME; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SECRETORY CELL; SECRETORY GRANULE; SEMINAL PLASMA;

ANIMALS; MALE; METALLOTHIONEIN; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PROSTATE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; ZINC;

EID: 0030989421     PISSN: 02704137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0045(19970501)31:2<125::AID-PROS8>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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