Virus-like particles in the opossum submandibular gland.
Numerous inclusion bodies (virus-like particles) were observed in the lumina of the intercellular canaliculi, mucous tubules and intralobular ducts of the opossum submandibular gland. The particles are spherical in outline, show an electron dense core, and are surrounded by a peripheral membrane.
D000818:Animals; D007181:Inclusion Bodies, Viral; D009893:Opossums / Q000382:microbiology*; D013363:Submandibular Gland / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure