title: Ultrastructure of mass of floccular substance in the parathyroid gland of golden hamster.
abstract: Mass of floccular substance was observed in the parathyroid glands of fetal, newborn and infantile golden hamsters. Mass composed of floccular substances was spherical with no limiting membrane around it. It was located near the nucleus and the Golgi area, but was also observed in the peripheral cytoplasm. No cell organelles were detected within area of mass.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Gifu University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Emura
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shoumura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Utsumi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamahira
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hayakawa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arakawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Isono
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D006224:Cricetinae; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004721:Endoplasmic Reticulum / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008647:Mesocricetus; D010280:Parathyroid Glands / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure