Ultrastructural features of the gut in the white sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 429-439

  Radaelli, G ^a   Domeneghini, Cinzia ^b,d   Arrighi, S ^b   Francolini, M ^c   Mascarello, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d Istituto di Alimentazione Animale   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gut; Morphology; Neuroendocrine system; Sturgeon; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; EPITHELIUM CELL; FISH; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GOBLET CELL; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; ULTRASTRUCTURE ANALYSIS AND ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FISHES;

ACIPENSER TRANSMONTANUS; ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033996666     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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