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Secretory glycoconjugates in the epithelium of the goat prostate were investigated with various electron microscopical histochemical methods that involved periodic acid—thiocarbohydrazide—silver proteinate, colloidal gold-labelled lectin and related procedures. The three types of cells in the epithelium previously differentiated with the light microscope were substantiated: mucus-producing cells, protein-secreting cells and cells intermediate between both types. These three cell types contained varying amounts of neutral glycoconjugates; the histochemical nature of these carbohydrates was determined with particular emphasis upon the histophysiological functions of the accessory sex glands.
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Tsukise, A., Yamada, K. Secretory glycoconjugates in the epithelium of the goat prostate. Histochem J 19, 345–350 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01680451
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