A. Ardelean C. Crăciun Co-ordinating Editors ANNALS OF THE ROMANIAN SOCIETY FOR CELL BIOLOGY Vol. XVIII, Issue 1 2013 Editura RISOPRINT Cluj-Napoca
ROMANIAN SOCIETY FOR CELL BIOLOGY ANNALS OF THE ROMANIAN SOCIETY FOR CELL BIOLOGY Society founded in 1982 Afiliated at Int. Fed. for Cell Biology (www.ifcbiol.org) Vol. XVIII Issue 1 2013
A. Ardelean C. Crăciun Co-ordinating Editors ANNALS OF THE ROMANIAN SOCIETY FOR CELL BIOLOGY Vol. XVIII Issue 1/2013 CNCSIS category B+ Indexed in international database: EBSCO Academic Search Complete (http://www.ebscohost.com/titlelists/a9h-journals.htm) Index Copernicus Journal Master List (http://journals.indexcopernicus.com/karta.php?action=masterlist&4713) Scopus (www.scopus.com) Editura RISOPRINT Cluj-Napoca 2013
The Journal appears with the financial support of the Western University Vasile Goldis, Arad Copyright 2013 by RISOPRINT Cluj-Napoca All right reserved. All pictures and the majority of drawn figures in this journal are originals. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the authors, except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly activities. Director: GHEORGHE POP Editorial Counciler: CAMELIA MARIA TALOŞ Descrierea CIP a Bibliotecii Naţionale ANNALS OF THE ROMANIAN SOCIETY FOR CELL BIOLOGY Vol. XVIII(1) Risoprint Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca 2013 p.; 20,5 x 29,5 cm. Bibiogr. Index ISSN: 2067 8282 ISSN-L: 2067-8282 Printed by: S.C. ROPRINT S.R.L. 5-9 Cernavoda Street, 400188 Cluj-Napoca, Phone/Fax: 0264-432384
ANNALS of the RSCB 2013, VOL. XVIII(1) 2 issues per volume, language: english Bi-annual journal edited by Western University Vasile Goldiş, Arad and Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca YEAR XVIII 2013 Founded in 1996 Editorial Board: Co-editors in chief: Prof. univ. dr. Aurel ARDELEAN Prof. univ. dr. Constantin CRACIUN Members: Prof. dr. Nicolae DRAGOŞ, Prof. dr. Corneliu TARBA, Prof. dr. Anca HERMENEAN, Read. dr. Corina ROŞIORU, Read.. Dr. Adrian FLOREA, Lect. Dr. George PRIBAC, Lect. Dr. Lucian BARBU-TUDORAN Advisory Board: Prof. dr. Maya SIMIONESCU Romanian Academy member, President of RSCB Prof. dr. Constantin TOMA Romanian Academy corresponding member Sen. Res. dr. Doina POPOV Romanian Academy member Prof. dr. Marian-Traian GOMOIU Romanian Academy corresponding member Prof. dr. Gheorghe BENGA Romanian Academy corresponding member Prof. dr. Octavian POPESCU Romanian Academy member Prof. dr. Klaus WEGMANN - Tubingen University, Germany Prof. dr. Florin LUPU Oklahoma University, USA Prof. dr. Lakatos GHYULA Debrecen University, Hungary Prof. dr. Miklos ZSUGA Debrecen University, Hungary Prof. dr. Jena BHANU George Emil Palade University, Detroit, USA Prof. dr. Ivo KRSTIC Novi Sad University, Serbia Prof. dr. Elena Carmen COTRUTZ Gr. T. Popa University, Iaşi Prof. dr. Doina VERDEŞ University of Medicine and Pharmacy Victor Babeş, Timişoara Prof. dr. Catalina PISOSCHI - University of Craiova Prof. dr. Dorina CACHIŢA President of Rom. Soc. for Plant Cell and Tissue Cultures Prof. dr. Viorel MICLAUŞ Agricultural and Veterinary Medicine Univ., Cluj-Napoca Translations from Romanian were revised by: Prof. dr. Corneliu TARBA and Read. dr. Corina ROŞIORU Made up: Lect. Dr. Lucian BARBU-TUDORAN Editorial Offices: Western University Vasile Goldiş, Arad and Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca Western University Vasile Goldis Arad: 94-96 Revoluţiei Bvd., Phone: + 40 257 280335; Fax. +40 257 280810; e-mail: rectorat@uvvg.ro ; web: www.uvvg.ro Contact: G. Pribac: georgepribac@yahoo.com Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca: 1 M. Kogălniceanu Street, 400084, Phone: +40 264 405300; 405301; Fax: +40 264 591906; e-mail: staff@staff.ubbcluj.ro Contact: C. Crăciun: ccraciun@biolog.ubbcluj.ro ISSN : 2067-8282 Journal site: www.analelesnbc.ro (www. annalsof rscb.ro) ISSN-L : 2067-8282
Cover I: The structural modifications of kidney glomeruli in a Golden Syrian hamster fed a hypercaloric diet (transmission electron microscopy*) note the enlarged glomerular basement membrane, the reduced urinary space, the colapsed capillaries, and effacement of foot processes. * TECNAI Spirit Biotwin transmission electron microscope equipped with Eagle CCD Camera (FEI, The Netherlands). The image was obtained by Dr. Gabriela Costache in the Institute of Cellular Biology and Pathology Nicolae Simionescu of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest Cover IV: Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) (scanning electron micrographs) Fig. 1. Example of the measurement of salt gland area. Fig. 2. Salt gland (leaf, abaxial epidermis); the pores are covered with excreted salt corpuscles. Micrographs were obtained by Dr. Ciprian Valentin Mihali in the Electron Microscopy Center - Vasile Goldiş Western University, Arad
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