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The fine structure of the subcommissural cells and of Reissner's fibre in Myxine

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Reissner's fibre and the subcommisssural cells mainly from Myxine were investigated by light and electron microscope methods. The subcommissural cells carry several cilia and produce a chrome haematoxyphile secretion in the form of granules. It is probable that the nucleus as well as the mitochondria are involved in the synthesis of this material. The secretory release suggests an apocrine type in which the granules swell and form a fine-granulated, chrome haematoxyphile substance in the ventricle. Caudally in the subcommissural canal this material condenses to form Reissner's fibre, which in electron micrographs, except for a fine-granulated ground substance, does not show any structures, a limiting membrane or traces of cell organelles or remnants.

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  1. Laboratory of Ultrastructure Research, Dept. of Anatomy, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

    Björn A. Afzelius & Ragnar Olsson

  2. The Zootomical Institute, University of Stockholm, Sweden

    Björn A. Afzelius & Ragnar Olsson

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Afzelius, B.A., Olsson, R. The fine structure of the subcommissural cells and of Reissner's fibre in Myxine . Zeitschrift für Zellforschung 46, 672–685 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00339371

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