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Isolation and partial characterization of myogenic cells from mussel larvae in vitro.
Tissue & cell - 1 Oct 2000
Odintsova N A, Plotnikov S V, Karpenko A A
Abstract excerpt
The main finding of the present study is the discovery of the possibility of a morphofunctional myogenic differentiation of larval mussel cells in vitro. The shape and extensive cytoskeletal network of the cultured contracting cells mimic largely those of smooth muscle cells in vivo. However, the behavior and protein composition of these cells are not completely identical with those of smooth muscle cells....
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