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Are intermediate filaments of vertebrate smooth muscle cells and tonofilaments of epithelial cells identical cell structures?

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In epithelial and smooth muscle cells of the urinary bladder of the frog, a class of filaments exists which is partly disintegrated by glycerol treatment and very resistant to potassium solutions of high ionic strength.

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  1. Botanisches Institut, Lehrstuhl I der Universität Karlsruhe und Lehrstuhl für Zellenlehre der Universität Heidelberg, D-75, Karlsruhe, Federal Republic of Germany

    H. -G. Heumann & M. Weigold

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We are indebted to Miss M. Schlatter for her technical assistance. This work was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (He 686/2).

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Heumann, H.G., Weigold, M. Are intermediate filaments of vertebrate smooth muscle cells and tonofilaments of epithelial cells identical cell structures?. Experientia 34, 649–650 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01937013

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