Ultrastructure of the distal retina of the adult zebrafish, Danio rerio

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 264-279

  Tarboush, R ^a   Chapman, G B ^b   Connaughton, V P ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Photoreceptors; Retinal fine structure; Retinal pigment epithelium; TEM; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; GAP JUNCTION; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTORECEPTOR INNER SEGMENT; PHOTORECEPTOR OUTER SEGMENT; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RETINA; SYNAPSE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ZEBRA FISH;

DANIO RERIO; SPHERULES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84861990603     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: 15323072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2012.04.004     Document Type: Article

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