Co-distribution of tropomyosin and α-actinin with actin in Psammobatis extenta electrocytes brings out their similarity with muscle fiber cytoplasm

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Physiology

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 113-118

  Vidal, A ^a,b   Figueroa, M Prado ^a   Eberwein, M E ^a   Kreda, S ^b   Barrantes, F J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquimicas Bahia Blanca   (Argentina)

Author keywords

actin; actin binding proteins; electric organ; muscle fibers; Rajidae

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ALPHA ACTININ; ELECTROLYTE; TROPOMYOSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CYTOPLASM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FISH; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ACTININ; ANIMALS; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRIC ORGAN; FEMALE; FISHES; MUSCLE FIBERS; TROPOMYOSIN;

EID: 0031080862     PISSN: 03009629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9629(96)00160-0     Document Type: Article

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