Extremely elongated mitochondria in ionocytes of the saccular epithelium of a teleost, Oreochromis mossambicus (Cichlidae)

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1406-1410

  Muders, K ^a   Anken, R ^a   Ibsch, M ^a   Rahmann, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Giant mitochondria; Megamitochondria; Saccule; Utricle

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; GROWTH KINETICS; MARINE BIOLOGY; TISSUE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

IONOCYTES; MITOCHONDRIA;

SPACE RESEARCH;

BIOLOGY; TELEOST;

EID: 2342617645     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2003.09.045     Document Type: Article

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