Light and electron microscopy study of the salivary glands of the carnivorous opisthobranch Philinopsis depicta (Mollusca, Gastropoda)

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 367-375

  Lobo da Cunha, Alexandre ^a,b   Ferreira, Íris ^a   Coelho, Rita ^c   Calado, Gonçalo ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c Portuguese Institute of Malacology   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSIDADE LUSÓFONA DE HUMANIDADES E TECNOLOGIAS   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cephalaspidea; Cytochemistry; Digestive system; Histochemistry; Secretory cells

Indexed keywords

GLYCOGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARNIVORE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL VACUOLE; CILIATED EPITHELIUM; DIET; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GASTROPOD; GOLGI COMPLEX; GRANULAR CELL; MICROSCOPY; MOLLUSC; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN SECRETION; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SALIVARY GLAND; SALIVARY GLAND FUNCTION; SECRETORY GRANULE;

CEPHALASPIDEA; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; OPISTHOBRANCHIA; PHILINOPSIS DEPICTA;

ANIMALS; GASTROPODA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SALIVARY GLANDS;

EID: 70249135295     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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