Ultrastructural localization of tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase activity in rat osteoblasts

Journal of Electron Microscopy

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 659-663

  Yamamoto, Toshio ^a   Nagai, Hiroshi ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bone; Bone formation; Bone remodelling; Histochemistry; Osteoblast; Tartrate resistant acid phosphatase

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

BIOCHEMISTRY; OSTEOBLASTS; PHOSPHATASES;

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ACID PHOSPHATASE ACTIVITIES; BONE FORMATION; BONE REMODELLING; GOLGI COMPLEX; HISTOCHEMISTRY; POSITIVE STRUCTURES; TARTRATE-RESISTANT ACID PHOSPHATASE; ULTRASTRUCTURAL LOCALIZATION;

BONE;

EID: 0032421101     PISSN: 00220744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jmicro.a023639     Document Type: Article

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