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Septate‐Like Junctions Acquired by Erythroblasts in a Case of Refractory Anaemia
Author(s) -
Gorius Janine Breton,
Flandrin Georges,
Daniel Marie Thérèse,
Brouet Jean Claude
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of haematology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1600-0609
pISSN - 0036-553X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0609.1973.tb00063.x
Subject(s) - septate junctions , refractory (planetary science) , erythrocyte membrane , septate , tight junction , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , pathology , membrane , medicine , genetics , gap junction , intracellular , astrobiology , botany
The authors describe an unusual case of refractory anaemia in whom plasma membranes of several erythroblasts are connected by junctional surface specializations which resemble septate junctions. Mechanisms and significance of the junctions in this case are unknown.