Ultrastructure of the body-wall muscle of the ascidianHalocynthia roretzi: Smooth muscle cell with multiple nuclei

Autor: Kazuhiko Konishi, Yoshiko Shinohara
Rok vydání: 1982
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Zdroj: Journal of Experimental Zoology. 221:137-142
ISSN: 1097-010X
0022-104X
DOI: 10.1002/jez.1402210203
Popis: The structure of the body-wall muscle of the ascidian, Halocynthia roretzi, was investigated by electron and light microscopy. Thin (about 8 nm in diameter), (18–20 nm in diameter), and 10-nm filaments were seen in this muscle cell. These filaments, however, did not have the regular arrangement of a striated or oblique structure. We also found by three-dimensional reconstruction that this muscle cell is multinucleated. Based on these observations, we report that the body-wall muscle of the ascidian, Halocynthia roretzi, is smooth and multinucleated.
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