Ultrastructural observations of dental epithelial cells and enameloid during enameloid mineralization and maturation stages in stingrays, Urolophus aurantiacus, an elasmobranch

Journal of Electron Microscopy

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 455-463

  Sasagawa, Ichiro ^a   Akai, Junji ^b  

^a NIPPON DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ameloblasts; Biomineralization; Elasmobranchs; Enameloid; Odontogenesis; Transmiss ion electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

DASYATIDAE; ELASMOBRANCHII; LEUCISCUS IDUS; SEPIA; UROLOPHUS AURANTIACUS;

BACTERIA; CELL MEMBRANES; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRONS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MINERALOGY; MITOCHONDRIA;

AMELOBLAST; CELL-BE; CELL/B.E; CELL/BE; ELASMOBRANCH; ENAMELOID; EPITHELIAL CELLS; MATURATION STAGE; MINERALISATION; ODONTOGENESIS;

BIOMINERALIZATION;

EID: 0032855575     PISSN: 00220744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jmicro.a023702     Document Type: Article

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