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808631

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3-4
pubmed:dateCreated
1975-12-5
pubmed:abstractText
Examination of the toad urinary bladder by freeze-fracture electron-microscopy demonstrates structural specialization of the granular cell's luminal membrane compared to its basal membrane. Although both membranes appear to possess about 1,700 intramembranous particles per mum2, those of the luminal membrane tend to be significantly larger in size. In addition, the fracturing properties of the two membranes are markedly different: the majority of particles are found on fracture face B (outer membrane face), in the case of the luminal membrane, and the majority are found on fracture face A (inner membrane face), in the case of the basal membrane. While the two fracture faces of the basal membrane possess a similar distribution of particle sizes, in the case of the luminal membrane the B face was found to possess particles generally larger than those found on the A face. It was established that the probability of luminal membrane particles adhering to face B instead of face A is closely correlated with the size of the particle. The structural specialization of the granular cell's luminal membrane may have an important relationship to the characteristic permeability properties of this membrane and the capacity of this cell type to respond physiologically to the hormone vasopressin.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0022-2631
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
24
pubmed:volume
22
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
385-402
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1975
pubmed:articleTitle
Membrane structural specialization of the toad urinary bladder revealed by the freeze-fracture technique. I. The granular cell.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.