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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
1
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1980-3-24
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pubmed:abstractText |
The ultrastructure of the membranes of noradrenaline (NA) and adrenaline (A) granules of the bovine adrenal medulla (Terland, O., T. Flatmark, and H. Kryvi, Biochim, Biophys. Acta 553, 460--468 (1979)) was analyzed by transmission, negative staining and freeze-etch electron microscopy. The two types of storage granules can be distinguished mainly by two morphological criteria: (a) The NA-granules have a more electron dense matrix core than the A-granules, (b) the NA-granules revealed less asymmetry in the distribution of intramembrane particles (nPF:nEF = 4,5:1) than the A-granules (nPF:nEF = 9:1). Thus, the trilaminar structure, negative staining pattern and size distribution of the intramembrane particles of the two fracture faces on freeze-etch electron microscopy were very similar for the two types of granules. Freeze-etching revealed a wide range of the particle size distribution for both fracture faces in both types of granules, with an average diameter of 12.6 +/- 2.7 nm (A-granules) and 10.2 +/- 2.8 nm (NA-granules) for the E-fracture faces and 11.4 +/- 2.7 nm (A-granules) and 9.8 +/- 2.4 nm (NA-granules) for the P-fracture faces. Some of the particles on the P-fracture face (outer surface of the membrane) revealed a subunit structure, most clearly seen in the specimens of NA-granules. Morhpometric analyses of sectioned bovine adrenal medulla revealed that the chromaffin granules on an average account for approx. 13.5% of the cytoplasmic volume in the total population of chromaffin cells.
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:chemical | |
pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Oct
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pubmed:issn |
0171-9335
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
20
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
76-82
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2006-11-15
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:520331-Adrenal Medulla,
pubmed-meshheading:520331-Animals,
pubmed-meshheading:520331-Cattle,
pubmed-meshheading:520331-Chromaffin Granules,
pubmed-meshheading:520331-Chromaffin System,
pubmed-meshheading:520331-Epinephrine,
pubmed-meshheading:520331-Freeze Etching,
pubmed-meshheading:520331-Microscopy, Electron,
pubmed-meshheading:520331-Norepinephrine
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pubmed:year |
1979
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Comparison of the ultrastructure of adrenaline and noradrenaline storage granules of bovine adrenal medulla.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Comparative Study
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