ELECTRON MICROSCOPE STUDY OF THE INFECTIOUS AND SERUM HEPATITIS.

Abstract

An examination was made of several enzyme activities of the hepatocytes infected with infectious or serum hepatitis virus particles at the electron microscopic level. This was done for two reasons: (a) to ascertain whether certain enzyme activity is located in the inner nucleoid or the outer membrane of such particles; and (b) to examine whether the virus-like particles are found in association with cellular components showing certain enzyme activity. Prior to making an examination of enzyme reaction on the biopsy material, several enzyme reactions were tried on rat normal and regenerating liver cells, because it is important to consider fixation procedure to reserve enzyme activity without doing damage to the cytoplasmic structure. The aim of this investigation was to look into the localization of glucose-6-phosphatase (G-6-Pase) at a fine structural level in rat liver, which is a specific phosphatase hydrolyzing either glucose-6-phosphate or glucose-1-phosphate, as glycogen is converted to glucose. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0647583

Entities

People

  • Gonpachiro Yasuzumi

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Anatomy
  • Biological Sciences
  • Cells
  • Cytoplasmic Structures
  • Electron Microscopes
  • Electrons
  • Epithelial Cells
  • Films
  • Glycogen
  • Hepatitis
  • Materials
  • Membranes
  • Microscopes
  • Particles
  • Virion
  • Viruses

Fields of Study

  • Biology

Readers

  • Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
  • Toxicology/Environmental Toxicology
  • Virology (or Medical Virology).

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics