Fawcett, Don W.; Matoltsy, Gida (2021). CIL:11211, Opsanus tau, Bos taurus, capillary endothelial cell, epidermal cell, stratified squamous epithelial cell. In Cell Image Library. UC San Diego Library Digital Collections. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.6075/J0X065WT

Upper: capillary endothelial cell junction in the rete mirabile of the gas bladder of the toadfish Opsanus tau shows dense intracelluular plaques and the central dense line in the intercellular space, characteristics that define desmosomes. Flanking this junction are other smaller and less highly organized densities with few, or no tonofilaments (asterisks). Lower: Desmosomes are abundant in the stratum spinosum of the epidermis from the muzzle of the cow, Bos taurus, an epithelium that is constantly subjected to flexion and attrition during grazing. Lower image contributed by Gida Matoltsy. Figures 85 (upper) and 86 (lower) from Chapter 3 (Junctional Specializations) of 'The Cell, 2nd Ed.' by Don W. Fawcett M.D. A PDF copy of the accompanying chapter is available on the ASCB's BioEDUCATE website.

• 2021

• Fawcett, Don W.
• Matoltsy, Gida

Preparation: crosslinking-fixative fixed tissue; tissue in plastic embedment
Relation to intact cell: microtome-sectioned tissue
Item type: transmission electron microscopy (TEM)
Imaging mode: illumination by electrons; detection of electrons
Parameter imaged: electron density
Source of contrast: stain with broad specificity
Visualization methods: osmium tetroxide
Data qualification: Processed

• Cell Image Library Group ID: 11071

• Bos taurus
• Opsanus tau

• Capillary endothelial cell
• Cell-cell junction
• Desmosome
• Epidermal cell
• Plasma membrane
• Puncta adhaerentia
• Stratified squamous epithelial cell

• Cell adhesion
• Cell-cell junction organization

• data
• image

• No linguistic content; Not applicable

Samplenumber: 11211

Doi: https://doi.org/10.6075/J0X065WT

Source data

• Source Record in the Cell Image Library: https://doi.org/10.7295/W9CIL11211

Other resource

• Fawcett, Don W. "The Cell." 2nd ed., W.B. Saunders, 1981, ISBN 0721635849. https://www.ascb.org/career-development/teaching/don-fawcetts-the-cell/

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