Surface characteristics of isopod digestive gland epithelium studied by SEM

Protoplasma

Volumn 241, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 83-89

  Millaku, Agron ^a   Lešer, Vladka ^b   Drobne, Damjana ^b   Godec, Matjaz ^a   Torkar, Matjaz ^a   Jenko, Monika ^a   Milani, Marziale ^c   Tatti, Francesco ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF METALS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^d Thermo Fisher Scientific   (United States)

Author keywords

Crustacea; Digestive gland epithelium; Focused ion beam; Hepatopancreas; Isopoda; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; EPITHELIUM; HEPATOPANCREAS; ISOPODA; METHODOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; EPITHELIUM; HEPATOPANCREAS; ISOPODA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRUSTACEA; ISOPODA; PORCELLIO SCABER;

EID: 77951451383     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00709-010-0110-3     Document Type: Article

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