Histology and Ultrastructure of the Gut Epithelium of the Neotenic Cave Salamander, Proteus anguinus (Amphibia, Caudata)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 259, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 82-89

  Mali, Lilijana Bizjak ^a   Bulog, Boris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Digestive tract; Light and electron microscopy; Proteus anguinus

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; MUCIN;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL JUNCTION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GOBLET CELL; HISTOLOGY; INTESTINE MUCOSA; METABOLISM; MICROVILLUS; MITOCHONDRION; PHYSIOLOGY; SMOOTH MUSCLE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; GOBLET CELLS; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROVILLI; MITOCHONDRIA; MUCINS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; URODELA;

AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; CAUDATA; EURYCEA LUCIFUGA; PROTEUS ANGUINUS;

EID: 0347766090     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10171     Document Type: Article

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