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FREEZE‐FRACTURE REPLICA OF THE RAT CORNEA
Author(s) -
OKINAMI SATOSHI,
OHKUMA MASATO,
TSUKAHARA ISAMU
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1976.tb01793.x
Subject(s) - cornea , anatomy , tight junction , gap junction , cell junction , stroma , fracture (geology) , epithelium , intracellular , materials science , chemistry , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , pathology , medicine , cell , composite material , biochemistry , immunohistochemistry , neuroscience
The line structures of the rat cornea, with special reference to their intercellular junctions, were studied using the freeze‐fracture technique. At the corneal epithelium, gap junctions could be observed between the adjacent cells. At the stroma, crater‐shaped depressions (between 300 and 500 Ä in diameter) with pipe‐like appearing structures connecting the lamellae were found. Intercellular junctions existing between the endothelial cells at the area near the anterior chamber are postulated to be the fascia (macula) occludens.