Lipoproteins, lipid droplets, lysosomes, and adrenocortical steroid hormone synthesis: Morphological studies

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 480-492

  Tóth, Ida E ^a,c   Szabo, Dezso ^a   Bruckner, Geza G ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c First Department of Anatomy   (Hungary)

Author keywords

ACTH; cholesterol crystal; colloidal gold; LDL receptors; LDL HDL immunoelectron microscopy; lipid lysosome complexes; microvilli; MSH

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; LIPOPROTEINS; PHYSIOLOGY; STEROID HORMONES;

ACTH; CHOLESTEROL CRYSTALS; COLLOIDAL GOLD; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LDL RECEPTORS; LDL/HDL IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIPID DROPLETS; LIPID-LYSOSOME COMPLEX; MICROVILLI; Α-MSH;

CHOLESTEROL;

CORTICOSTEROID; FAT DROPLET; LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LYSOSOME; MICROVILLUS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEROIDOGENESIS;

EID: 0031010626     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19970315)36:6<480::AID-JEMT5>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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