Microanatomy and ultrastructure of the kidney of the African lungfish Protopterus dolloi

Anatomical Record - Part A Discoveries in Molecular, Cellular, and Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 288, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 609-625

  Ojeda, José L ^a,c   Icardo, José M ^a   Wong, Wai P ^b   Ip, Yuen K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Kidney; Mesangium; Nephron microanatomy; Podocytes; Protopterus dolloi

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCHINEPHRIC DUCT; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; BRUSH BORDER; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; FLASK CELL; GAP JUNCTION; GILL; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HEMODYNAMICS; HISTOLOGY; KIDNEY ARTERY; KIDNEY COLLECTING TUBULE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY PROXIMAL TUBULE; KIDNEY STRUCTURE; MESANGIUM CELL; MICRODISSECTION; MICROSCOPY; NEPHRON; NONHUMAN; PERICYTE; PHYLOGENY; PODOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOPTERUS DOLLOI; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; ESTIVATION; FISHES; FRESH WATER; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TUBULES, COLLECTING; KIDNEY TUBULES, DISTAL; KIDNEY TUBULES, PROXIMAL; MICRODISSECTION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NEPHRONS;

DIPNOI; PROTOPTERUS AETHIOPICUS; PROTOPTERUS DOLLOI;

EID: 33744912996     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: 15524892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.a.20333     Document Type: Article

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