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Association of actin and 10 nm filaments with the dense body in smooth muscle cells of the chicken gizzard.

Cell and tissue research ·Vol. 229 ·No. 2 ·1983-00-00 ·Pages 233-42

Tsukita S, Tsukita S, Ishikawa H

Abstract

Association of actin filaments and intermediate, 10 nm filaments with the dense bodies in smooth muscle cells of the chicken gizzard was studied by thin-section and freeze-etch-replica electron microscopy. For thin-section electron microscopy we used the isolated dense bodies with attached filaments. Actin filaments appeared to be inserted into both ends (poles) of individual oblong dense bodies in such a way that arrowheads with HMM S-1 pointed away from the dense body. 10 nm filaments were attached laterally to the dense body in a side-to-side fashion. This site-specific association of actin and 10 nm filaments with the dense body was confirmed by the freeze-etch replica observations on Triton-treated smooth muscles.

MeSH Terms
Actins/metabolism Animals Chickens Cytoskeleton/ultrastructure Freeze Etching Gizzard, Avian/ultrastructure Microscopy, Electron Muscle, Smooth/metabolism,ultrastructure
Chemicals
Actins
Authors & Affiliations
3 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Tsukita S
Tsukita S
Ishikawa H
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Article Info
Journal
Cell and tissue research
Abbr.
Cell Tissue Res
ISSN
0302-766X
DOI
10.1007/BF00214972
Published
1983-00-00
Pages
233-42
Language
English
Region
Germany
NLM ID
0417625
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1007/BF00214972 View journal details
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