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Membrane structural specialization of the toad urinary bladder revealed by the freeze-fracture technique. II. The mitochondria-rich cell.

The Journal of membrane biology ·Vol. 29 ·No. 1-2 ·1976-10-20 ·Pages 111-26

Wade JB

Abstract

Examination of the toad urinary bladder by freeze-fracture electron microscopy reveals that the mitochondria-rich cells of the epithelium possess distinctive and characteristic membrane structural specialization. Unique rod-shaped intramembrane particles are found in luminal and basal membranes as well as certain intracellular vesicles of this cell type. The consistent findings of two discrete patterns of luminal membrane structural organization supports the possibility that two morphological forms of mitochondria-rich cell exist within the toad bladder epithelium.

MeSH Terms
Animals Bufo marinus Cell Membrane/ultrastructure Epithelial Cells Epithelium/ultrastructure Female Freeze Fracturing Membranes/ultrastructure Mitochondria Organoids/ultrastructure Urinary Bladder/ultrastructure
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Wade J B
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Article Info
Journal
The Journal of membrane biology
Abbr.
J Membr Biol
ISSN
0022-2631
DOI
10.1007/BF01868955
Published
1976-10-20
Pages
111-26
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
0211301
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1007/BF01868955 View journal details
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