Morphometric and densitometric study of the biogenesis of electron-dense granules in Fonsecaea pedrosoi

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 395-402

  Franzen, Anderson J ^a   De Souza, Wanderley ^a   Farina, Marcos ^a   Alviano, Celuta Sales ^a   Rozental, Sonia ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Densitometry; Electron microscopy; Fonsecaea pedrosoi; Melanin; Morphometry

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CELL GRANULE; CELL ORGANELLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DENSITOMETRY; FUNGUS; LASER MICROSCOPY; MELANOGENESIS; MELANOSOME; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ASCOMYCOTA; CELL MEMBRANE; CHROMOBLASTOMYCOSIS; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; DENSITOMETRY; HUMANS; MELANINS; MELANOSOMES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON;

BOVINAE; FONSECAEA PEDROSOI; FUNGI;

EID: 0032970514     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00108-1     Document Type: Article

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