Ultrastructural and ultracytochemical features of secretory granules in the ampullary epithelium of the hamster oviduct

Anatomical Record

Volumn 255, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 227-239

  El Mestrah, Majid ^a   Kan, Frederick W K ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lectin gold cytochemistry; Oviductal ampullary epithelium; Oviductal glycoconjugates; Oviductal secretion

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CYTOCHEMISTRY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; FREEZE FRACTURE; HAMSTER; NONHUMAN; OVIDUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECRETORY GRANULE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; FREEZE FRACTURING; GLYCOCONJUGATES; GOLD COLLOID; LECTINS; MESOCRICETUS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033151542     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(19990601)255:2<227::AID-AR12>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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