Histochemical analysis of glycoconjugates in the ceruminous glands of the North American raccoon (Procyon lotor)

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 223-231

  Yasui, Tadashi ^a   Tsukise, Azuma ^a   Meyer, Wilfried ^b  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ceruminous glands; Glycoconjugates; Lectin histochemistry; Procyon lotor; Raccoon

Indexed keywords

ALPHA N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE; CARBOHYDRATE; FUCOSE; GALACTOSE; GLYCOCONJUGATE; LECTIN; MANNOSE; N ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOCRINE GLAND; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CERUMEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR INJURY; EAR PROTECTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXOCYTOSIS; EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; RACCOON; SEBACEOUS GLAND; SECRETION; SECRETORY GRANULE; VISCOELASTICITY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR;

EID: 0038541879     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0940-9602(03)80028-6     Document Type: Article

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