Ultrastructure and lectin cytochemistry of the cloacal ventral glands in the male newt triturus marmoratus marmoratus

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 122-129

  Romo, E ^a   Paniagua, R ^a   Fraile, B ^a   De Miguel, M P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL MEMBRANES; CYTOLOGY; MAMMALS; PROTEINS;

CYTOSOLS; FERTILISATION; GOLGI COMPLEX; LABELINGS; N-LINKED; O-LINKED; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUMS; SEASONAL DIFFERENCES; SECRETORY GRANULES;

GLYCOPROTEINS;

LECTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BULBOURETHRAL GLAND; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLOACA; CYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; NEWT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033561411     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19990415)45:2<122::AID-JEMT6>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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