Dense bodies and actin polarity in vertebrate smooth muscle.
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Dense bodies and actin polarity in vertebrate smooth muscle
The arrangement of cytoplasmic dense bodies in vertebrate smooth muscle and their relationship to the thin filaments was studied in cells from rabbit vas deferens and portal vein which were made hyperpermeable (skinned) with saponin and incubated with myosin subfragment 1 (S-1). The dense bodies were obliquely oriented, elongated structures sometimes appearing as chains up to 1.5 microns in len...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Cell Biology
سال: 1982
ISSN: 0021-9525,1540-8140
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.95.2.403