Major contractile proteins were purified from relaxed actomyosin extracted from molluscan catch muscle myofibrils using ammonium sulfate fractionation and divalent cation precipitation. A fraction of ...

Background and aims: Chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (CIIP) is a severe motility disorder associated with significant morbidity. Several histopathological (neuropathic and myopathic) ...

Smooth muscle cells mediate Ca 2+ synchronization between organoids. (A) Diagram of a 3-well hydrogel in which one organoid was placed per well. The three wells were connected with narrow channels, ...

Braz J Med Biol Res, August 2001, Volume 34 (8) 985-991 a -Smooth muscle actin and proliferating cell nuclear antigen expression in focal segmental glomerulosclerosis: functional and structural ...