Morphological, histochemical and immunohistochemical study of the gill epithelium in the abyssal teleost fish Coelorhynchus coelorhynchus

Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 51-56

  Calabrò, Concetta ^a   Albanese, Maria Pia ^a   Lauriano, Eugenia Rita ^a   Martella, Silvestro ^a   Licata, Aurelio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abyssal fish; Gill; Glycoconjugates; Lectins; nNOS

Indexed keywords

GLYCOCONJUGATE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CELL MOTION; CELL POPULATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DEEP SEA; EPITHELIUM CELL; GILL; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; MUCOUS CELL; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TELEOST;

ANIMALIA; CAELORINCHUS CAELORHINCUS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 14844310195     PISSN: 02398508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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