Flexibility and Fine Structure of Smooth-Muscle alpha-Actinin
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Distribution of alpha-actinin in single isolated smooth muscle cells
In order to probe the organization of the contractile machinery in smooth muscle, we have studied the distribution of alpha-actinin, a protein present in high concentration in dense bodies, structures apparently analogous to the Z-disks of striated muscle. Localization of alpha-actinin in single isolated smooth muscle cells of the stomach muscularis of Bufo marinus was determined by analysis of...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Biochemistry
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0014-2956,1432-1033
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.00193.x