Ultrastructural and cytochemical aspects of the basophilic cells in the hepatopancreas of Aplysia depilans (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia)

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 8-16

  Lobo da Cunha, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Hepatopancreas; Lysosomes; Mannitol oxidase; Molluscs; Peroxisomes

Indexed keywords

ARYLSULFATASE; CATALASE; MANNITOL; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ANIMAL CELL; APLYSIA; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; CELL AGING; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SHAPE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CELL VOLUME; CHROMATIN; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEPATOPANCREAS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; LYSOSOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SECRETORY GRANULE;

ANIMALIA; APLYSIA; APLYSIA DEPILANS; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; OPISTHOBRANCHIA;

EID: 0033081383     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/tice.1998.0014     Document Type: Article

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