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. 1976 May 1;69(2):491–495. doi: 10.1083/jcb.69.2.491

Demonstration of the fuzzy surface coat of rat intestinal microvilli by freeze-etching

PMCID: PMC2109672  PMID: 1262401

Abstract

In freeze-etch replicas of epithelial cells of rat rectum, the fuzzy surface coat is composed of discrete filaments which are aligned in parallel with each other and with the long axes of the microvilli.

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