Elastic filaments in skeletal muscle revealed by selective removal of thin filaments with plasma gelsolin

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 1990, Pages 53-62

  Funatsu, Takashi ^a,c   Higuchi, Hideo ^b   Ishiwata, Shin'ichi ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALISMATACEAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; ANIMALIA;

CONNECTIN; GELSOLIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; MYOFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACTINS; ANIMAL; BLOOD PLATELETS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CATTLE; CYTOSKELETON; ELASTICITY; GELSOLIN; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROFILAMENTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLES; MYOFIBRILS; MYOSIN SUBFRAGMENTS; RABBITS; SARCOMERES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TRYPSIN;

EID: 0025062549     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.110.1.53     Document Type: Article

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