The Structure of Bovine Periodontal Ligament with Special Reference to the Epithelial Cell Rests

Journal of Periodontology

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 905-913

  Berkovitz, Barry K B ^a   Whatling, Rosemary ^a   Barrett, Andrew W ^b   Omar, Samia S ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Alexandria ^*  (Egypt)

Author keywords

Animal studies; Epithelial cells ultrastructure; Fibroblasts ultrastructure; Keratin; Periodontal ligament

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; COLLAGEN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; KERATIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOTHELIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MICROFILAMENT; MICROVILLUS; MOLAR TOOTH; MOUTH MUCOSA; ODONTOGENIC CYST; PATHOLOGY; PERIODONTAL LIGAMENT; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; CATTLE; COLLAGEN; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM, ROUGH; ENDOTHELIUM; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; MICROFILAMENTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROVILLI; MOLAR; MOUTH MUCOSA; PERIODONTAL LIGAMENT; RADICULAR CYST; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031230581     PISSN: 00223492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1902/jop.1997.68.9.905     Document Type: Article

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