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Distribution of acid phosphatase was studied in the dental cyst epithelium. Enzyme activity was found to be localized in primary and secondary lysosomes and vacuoles of the Golgi complex. Longer incubation revealed positive reaction in the Golgi complex vesicles and cisternae, in the endoplasmic reticulum, and perinuclear' space. Acid phosphatase reaction was bound also to membranous structures occurring in the intercellular spaces. These structures originated probably from disintegrated cells. Localization of acid phosphatase reaction in the dental cyst epithelium was found to be essentially the same as in the oral cavity epithelium. Smaller differences between both types of epithelium may be conditioned by different type and arrangement of the organelles in the corresponding epithelial layers.
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Hornová, J., Kukletová, M. Submicroscopic localization of acid phosphatase in the dental cyst epithelium. Histochemie 34, 205–210 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00303436
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