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Abbreviations
- ac:
-
acinar cells
- cc:
-
cell coat
- cm:
-
cell membrane or plasma membrane
- cv:
-
coated vesicles
- cw:
-
cell web
- d:
-
desmosome
- ev:
-
endocytotic vesicle
- G:
-
Golgi complex
- gj:
-
gap junction
- ics:
-
intercellular space
- IGC:
-
inner cisternae of the Golgi complex
- m:
-
mitochondrion
- mg:
-
maturing granule
- mp:
-
microvillous process
- mt:
-
microtubule
- mv:
-
microvesicle
- n:
-
nucleus
- np:
-
nuclear pore
- OGC:
-
outer cisternae of the Golgi complex
- RER:
-
rough endoplasmic reticulum
- sg:
-
secretory granule
- Te:
-
transitional elements of the rough endoplasmic reticulum
- tj:
-
tight junction
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Orci, L. A portrait of the pancreatic B-Cell. Diabetologia 10, 163–187 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00423031
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