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Cell relationships in Hymenolepis diminuta*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

L. T. Threadgold  and
C. P. Read
L. T. Threadgold
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, The Queen's University of Belfast, Northern Ireland
C. P. Read
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77001, U.S.A.
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Summary

The intimate cell relationships of Hymenolepis diminuta are described and occur between cells of the parenchyma, excretory system, muscle and tegument. The cell relationships are of three types: (a) a tight junction or zonula occludens; (b) a desmosome-like structure without tonofibrils or intercellular dense line; (c) a junctional complex with modified unit membranes and an intercellular region of dense granules and fibres.

This research was begun while one of us (L.T.T.) was a Visiting Lecturer in the Biology Department, Rice University, and completed in the Zoology Department, Queen's University, Belfast. We should like to thank Dr C. W. Philpott for allowing us the full use of the facilities of his electron-microscope unit and Mr W. Ferguson for photographic assistance.

Type
Research Article
Information
Parasitology , Volume 60 , Issue 2 , April 1970 , pp. 181 - 184
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1970

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