Imaging of zymogen granules in fully wet cells. Evidence for restricted mechanism of granule growth

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 790-795

  Hammel, Ilan ^a   Anaby, Debbie ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b QuantomiX Ltd   (Israel)

Author keywords

Golgi; Microscopy; Pancreas; Unit granule

Indexed keywords

GRANULATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE;

'CURRENT; DIRECT IMAGING; GOLGI; IMAGING TECHNOLOGY; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC TISSUE; SEM IMAGING; TISSUE SLICE; UNIT GRANULE; WET SAMPLE;

PARTICLE SIZE;

ZYMOGEN GRANULE;

ACINAR CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; IMAGE QUALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS; PANCREAS ISLET; PARTICLE SIZE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TISSUE SLICE; VACUUM;

EID: 34848922110     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20467     Document Type: Article

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