Microtubules (24-28 nm in diameter) in adult mammalian cardiac muscles are more numerous than previously recognized, forming a network associated with myofibrils and encircling the nucleus.
Sections of adult mammalian cardiac muscles fixed at room temperature reveal numerous microtubules (24--28 nm in diameter) both near the nucleus and in the extra-myofibrillar space. Microtubules encircle the nucleus, are associated with the myofibrils in a helical arrangement, and form a network that runs transversely at the level of the I band and axially between the myofibrils. Microtubules are more numerous in muscle cells than previously recognized and may perform more than cytoskeletal function.
Goldstein et al. (Mon,) conducted a other in mammalian heart muscle. Microtubules (24-28 nm in diameter) in adult mammalian cardiac muscles are more numerous than previously recognized, forming a network associated with myofibrils and encircling the nucleus.
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