Characterization of ootolith soluble-matrix producing cells in the saccular epithelium of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) inner ear

Anatomical Record

Volumn 254, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 322-329

  Takagi, Yasuaki ^a   Takahashi, Akiyoshi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Inner ear; Otolith soluble matrix producing cells; Rainbow trout

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOLYMPH AND PERILYMPH; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNER EAR; NONHUMAN; OTOLITH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCULUS; TELEOST;

ANIMALS; EAR, INNER; EPITHELIUM; IMMUNE SERA; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE; PROTEINS; RABBITS;

EID: 0033105538     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(19990301)254:3<322::AID-AR2>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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