Quantitative description of the spatial arrangement of organelles in a polarised secretory epithelial cell: The salivary gland acinar cell

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 279-285

  Mayhew, Terry M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mitochondria; Pair correlation function; Parotid acinocyte; Rough endoplasmic reticulum; Stereology; Zymogen granules

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; ZYMOGEN GRANULE;

ACINAR CELL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; DIPOLE; EPITHELIUM CELL; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PAROTID GLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SALIVARY GLAND; SECRETORY CELL;

ANIMALS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM, ROUGH; ENZYME PRECURSORS; EPITHELIUM; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MITOCHONDRIA; ORGANELLES; PAROTID GLAND; RABBITS;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0032950704     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021878299004707     Document Type: Article

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