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The fine structure of adrenal zona glomerulosa in the adult rat

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This paper reports on an electron microscopic study of the adrenal zona glomerulosa in the normal rat, with special emphasis on the structural diversity of mitochondria in its parenchymatous cells. The mitochondria of cristae may be tubulo-vesicular, plate-like and/or straight tubular, any one mitochondrion containing one or more types of cristae. The mitochondrial features of the zona glomerulosa parenchymatous cells are attributed to the biochemical stages of aldosterone synthesis, taking place in different mitochondria of these cells.

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  1. Department of Occupational Health, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel

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Wassermann, D., Wassermann, M. The fine structure of adrenal zona glomerulosa in the adult rat. Cell Tissue Res. 149, 235–243 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00222276

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