Novel structures in secreting the androgenic gland hormone

Zoological Science

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1237-1243

  Negishi, Sumiko ^a   Hasegawa, Yuriko ^a   Nakajima, Yoko ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Androgenic gland; Canaliculus; Golgi complex; Isopod; Secretory granule

Indexed keywords

ARMADILLIDIUM VULGARE; ISOPODA;

ANDROGENIC GLAND HORMONE (ARMADILLIDIUM); SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CRUSTACEA; CYTOPLASM; ENDOCRINE GLAND; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GOLGI COMPLEX; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION; SECRETORY VESICLE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CRUSTACEA; CYTOPLASM; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GOLGI APPARATUS; GONADAL HORMONES; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; SECRETORY VESICLES;

EID: 0035541942     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.18.1237     Document Type: Article

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