The ultrastructure of photoreceptor cells in the pineal organ of the blind cave salamander, Proteus anguinus (Amphibia, Urodela)

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 439, Issue 7, 2000, Pages R175-R177

  Kos, Marjanca ^a   Bulog, Boris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Photoreceptor cells; Pineal organ; Proteus anguinus; Regressive evolution; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EUKARYOTIC FLAGELLUM; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHOTORECEPTOR OUTER SEGMENT; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS ANGUINUS; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; BLINDNESS; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; PHOTORECEPTOR; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BLINDNESS; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; PINEAL GLAND; URODELA;

EID: 0033628193     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: 14322013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03376563     Document Type: Article

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