Intercellular Bridges as Protoplasmic Anastomoses between Smooth Muscle Cells
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Intercellular Bridges as Protoplasmic Anastomoses between Smooth Muscle Cells
In electron microscopic studies, protoplasmic anastomoses were found to occur between smooth muscle cells in the gastrointestinal tracts of rats. The protoplasmic connections are apparently cylindrical in form and contain cytoplasm having a density similar to that of the cellular regions connected. The membranes enclosing the cytoplasmic connections are continuous with the membranes of the conn...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Biophysical and Biochemical Cytology
سال: 1959
ISSN: 1540-8140,0021-9525
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.6.1.67