Ultrastructural and functional study of the liver pigment cells from rana esculenta L.

In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Animal

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 393-400

  Guida, Gabriella ^a   Maida, Immacolata ^a   Gallone, Anna ^a   Boffoli, Domenico ^a   Cicero, Rosa ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amphibian Kupffer cells; Dopaoxidase activity; Extracutaneous melanogenesis; Liver pigment cells; Peroxidase; naphthyl butyrate esterase

Indexed keywords

OXIDOREDUCTASE; PEROXIDASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CYTOCHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HYPOTHESIS; KUPFFER CELL; MELANOSOME; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VERTEBRATE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; RANA ESCULENTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032417999     PISSN: 10712690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11626-998-0021-1     Document Type: Article

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