Demonstration of the fuzzy surface coat of rat intestinal microvilli by freeze-etching.
In freeze-etch replicas of epithelial cells of rat rectum, the fuzzy surface coat is composed of discrete filaments which are aligned in parallel with each other and with the long axes of the microvilli.
D000818:Animals; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004847:Epithelial Cells; D004848:Epithelium / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005613:Freeze Etching; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D051381:Rats; D012007:Rectum / Q000648:ultrastructure*