Induction of either contractile or structural actin-based gels in sea urchin egg cytoplasmic extract.
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Induction of either contractile or structural actin-based gels in sea urchin egg cytoplasmic extract
The gel formed by warming the 100,000 g supernate of isotonic extracts of sea urchin eggs to 40 degrees C is made up of actin and two additional proteins of mol wt of 58,000 and 220,000. Actin and 58,000 form a characteristic structural unit which has now been identified in the microvilli of the urchin egg and in the filopods of urchin coelomocytes. However, egg extract gels did not contract as...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Cell Biology
سال: 1980
ISSN: 0021-9525,1540-8140
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.86.3.803