Changes in dense-body structures in airway smooth muscle adapted to different lengths

Dense bodies in smooth muscle are thought to be the equivalents of Z-disks found in striated muscle. Using three-dimensional reconstruction of serial sections of electron micrographs of ASM, we have confirmed previous studies showing that dense-body (DB) aggregates inside smooth muscle cells resembl...

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Main Author: Zhang, Jie
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/29646