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The activity of aminopeptidase M in rat liver is studied electron histochemically. The enzyme is shown to be localized in the lysosomes of Kupffer's cells and endotheliocytes, and extracellularly on hepatocyte microvilli.
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Translated fromByulleten' Eksperimental'noi Biologii i Meditsiny, Vol. 120, No 9, pp. 312–314, September, 1995
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Ryvnyak, V.V., Gudumak, V.S. & Onya, E.S. Electron-histochemical data on the localization of aminopeptidase M in the liver. Bull Exp Biol Med 120, 952–953 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02445027
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02445027