The ultrastructural effect and subcellular localization of mercuric chloride and methylmercuric chloride in insect cells (Aedes albopictus C6/36)

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 223-232

  Braeckman, Bart ^a   Raes, H ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acid phosphatase; Autometallography; Insect cell line; Mercuric chloride; Methylmercuric chloride; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; METHYLMERCURIC CHLORIDE;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOMETALLOGRAPHY; CELL LINE; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL POPULATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHROMATIN; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GOLGI COMPLEX; INSECT; LYSOSOME; MICROTUBULE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RIBOSOME; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SILVER STAINING; TIME;

EID: 0032792411     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/tice.1999.0021     Document Type: Article

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