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Mesostructure of the Exoskeleton of the Lobster Homarus Americanus
The exoskeleton of the lobster Homarus americanus is a multiphase bio-composite which consists of a fibrous organic matrix (crystalline α-chitin and various types of non-crystalline proteins) and embedded biomine...
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Pancreatic NOD beta cells express MHC class II protein and the frequency of I-Ag7 mRNA-expressing beta cells strongly increases during progression to autoimmune diabetes
In the NOD mouse model, attempts to show MHC class II expression by pancreatic beta cells were unsuccessful so far. We readdressed this question by analysing I-Ag7 expression in single pancreatic beta cells.
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Functional Markers for Fetal and Postnatal Differentiation of Rat Leydig Cells
The aim of the present work was to establish morphological markers for the functional differentiation of Leydig cells in rat in order to study the origin, development and maturation of these cells. Two differe...