The cytoskeleton of the electric tissue of Electrophorus electricus, L.

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 341-351

  Mermelstein, Claudia Dos Santos ^b   Costa, Manoel Luis ^b   Neto, Vivaldo Moura ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Actin; Alpha actinin; Cytoskeleton; Desmin; Electrophorus electricus; Vinculin

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOSKELETON; DENSITOMETRY; ELECTRIC ORGAN; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTROPHORUS; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROFILAMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CYTOSKELETON; DENSITOMETRY; ELECTRIC ORGAN; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; ELECTROPHORUS; MICROFILAMENTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON;

EID: 0034263732     PISSN: 00013765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0001-37652000000300008     Document Type: Article

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