5'-Nucleotidase in rat photoreceptor cells and pigment epithelial cells processed by rapid-freezing enzyme cytochemistry

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1091-1095

  Takizawa, Toshihiro ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

5' nucleotidase; cGMP related enzymes; Electron microscopy; Enzyme cytochemistry; Freeze substitution fixation; Photoreceptor cells; Pigment epithelial cells; Rapid freezing; Rat retinas

Indexed keywords

5' NUCLEOTIDASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FREEZING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PIGMENT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0031719231     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002215549804600914     Document Type: Article

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