The digestive cells of the hepatopancreas in Aplysia depilans (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia): Ultrastructural and cytochemical study

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 49-57

  Lobo Da Cunha, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Golgi complex; Hepatopancreas; Lysosomes; Molluscs; Peroxisomes

Indexed keywords

ARYLSULFATASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APLYSIA; ARTICLE; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME CHEMISTRY; GOLGI COMPLEX; HEPATOPANCREAS; LYSOSOME; NONHUMAN; PEROXISOME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; APLYSIA; APLYSIA DEPILANS; MOLLUSCA; OPISTHOBRANCHIA;

EID: 0034105761     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/tice.1999.0082     Document Type: Article

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