Calcium in smooth muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum in situ. Conventional and X-ray analytical electron microscopy

Autor: I Diculescu, L M Popescu
Rok vydání: 1975
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Zdroj: The Journal of Cell Biology
ISSN: 1540-8140
0021-9525
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.67.3.911
Popis: Numerous electron-opaque deposits appear in the SR of the relaxed smooth muscle cells of the guinea pig Taenia coli that had been treated, before fixation, with a depolarizing medium containing oxalate to precipitate calcium ions in situ. X-ray spectra obtained by spot and line-scanning analyses of these deposits in situ show characteristic calcium signals, thus providing direct evidence for calcium accumulation inside the sarcoplasmic reticulum of smooth muscle.
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