Morphodifferentiation of skeletal muscle fiber ends at the myotendinous junction in the postnatal Chinese hamster: A scanning electron microscopic study

Archives of Histology and Cytology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 89-92

  Nagano, Yoji ^a   Matsuda, Yoshiro ^a   Desaki, Junzo ^a   Oki, Sadaaki ^a   Kitaoka, Kenji ^a   Okumura, Hideo ^a   Shibata, Taihoh ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHINESE HAMSTER; NONHUMAN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TENDON;

EID: 0031956464     PISSN: 09149465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1679/aohc.61.89     Document Type: Article

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