Desmin filaments are stably associated with the outer nuclear surface in chick myoblasts

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 323, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 351-357

  Mermelstein, Cláudia S ^a   Andrade, Leonardo R ^a   Portilho, Debora M ^a   Costa, Manoel L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chick; Desmin filaments; Myoblasts; Outer nuclear surface

Indexed keywords

DESMIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOGOLD ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IONIC STRENGTH; MYOBLAST; NONHUMAN; PECTORAL MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICK EMBRYO; DESMIN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MYOBLASTS; PECTORALIS MUSCLES;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 30744451660     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-005-0063-6     Document Type: Article

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