Adrenal Cholesterol: Localization by Electron-Microscope Autoradiography
- 14 March 1969
- journal article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 163 (3872), 1203-1205
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.163.3872.1203
Abstract
As determined by electron-microscope autoradiography of adrenal glands containing tritiated cholesterol and by modified differential centrifugation techniques, 70 to 80 percent of adrenal cholesterol is contained within lipid droplets of rat adrenal cortical cells.Keywords
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