Immunocytochemical electron microscopic study and Western blot analysis of caldesmon and calponin in striated muscle of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster and in several muscle cell types of the earthworm Eisenia foetida

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 90-94

  Royuela, Mar ^a   Fraile, Benito ^a   Picazo, M Luisa ^a   Paniagua, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Caldesmon; Calponin; Drosophila muscle; Obliquely striated muscle; Oligochaete annelid muscle; Striated muscle

Indexed keywords

CALDESMON; CALPONIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EARTHWORM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EISENIA FETIDA; INVERTEBRATA; MELANOGASTER; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031027826     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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