Ultrastructure of cilia in horses.
This paper presents some ultrastructural details of cilia from the ciliated tracheal epithelium of healthy horses. By using a new fixation method, the Authors were able to describe minute details, some of which have been only rarely observed in other species and mostly by means of the freeze-etch technique (i.e. electron dense particles of ciliary necklace). The Authors justify the need to investigate the ultrastructural details of cilia in various species since the minute morphological differences might be functionally significant.
Roperto
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Department of Veterinary Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Federico II University, Naples, Italy.
Damiano
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De Vico
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Maiolino
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Restucci
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B
D000818:Animals; D002502:Centrioles / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002923:Cilia / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D004848:Epithelium / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006736:Horses / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D008870:Microtubules / Q000648:ultrastructure; D016707:Tissue Fixation / Q000379:methods; D014132:Trachea / Q000648:ultrastructure*