Morphological study of accessory gland of Bothrops jararaca and its secretory cycle

Toxicon

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 393-401

  Sakai, Fernanda ^a   Carneiro, Sylvia M ^a   Yamanouye, Norma ^a  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Accessory gland; Bothrops jararaca; Secretory cycle; Snake; Venom

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY GLAND; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXOCYTOSIS; EXTRACTION; FEMALE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; ORGAN SYSTEMS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECRETION; SECRETORY CELL; SECRETORY VESICLE; SNAKE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TOXIN SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; BOTHROPS; CROTALID VENOMS; EPITHELIUM; EXOCRINE GLANDS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MITOCHONDRIA; SECRETORY VESICLES;

BOTHROPS JARARACA;

EID: 84856067189     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: 18793150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2011.12.012     Document Type: Article

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