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Morphological analysis of contracting and quiescent adult rabbit cardiac myocytes in long-term culture.
The Anatomical record - 1 Jul 1990
Decker M L, Simpson D G, Behnke M, Cook M G, Decker R S
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Isolated rabbit ventricular cardiac myocytes adapt readily to primary culture. As the myocytes spread and flatten over the culture substratum, the myofibrillar apparatus retains a "rod-like" orientation. Development of contractile activity is crucial in the maintenance of the integrity of the myofibrillar apparatus during prolonged culture. Myocytes that fail to beat display morphological indications of atrophy;...
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