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Actin content and organization in normal and transformed cells in culture

The amount of actin and total protein per cell in normal rat kidney (NRK) cells in culture is initially high in very low density cultures, but rapidly decreases as the cells come into contact in higher density cultures. In a viral transformant of NRK (442), the level of actin and total protein does...

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Publicado: The Rockefeller University Press 1978
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2110180/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/566761
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description The amount of actin and total protein per cell in normal rat kidney (NRK) cells in culture is initially high in very low density cultures, but rapidly decreases as the cells come into contact in higher density cultures. In a viral transformant of NRK (442), the level of actin and total protein does not change significantly from low to high density cultures. NRK cells, which are flattened against the substrate, have prominent bundles of actinlike microfilaments in the basal cytoplasm adjacent to the substrate. 442 cells, which adhere poorly and are more spherical in shape, lack well-organized basal microfilament bundles, but may display microfilament bundles in cytoplasmic processes extending from the cell body. The percentage of insoluble actin is less than 20% in both cell lines, and 442 cells consistently contain smaller amounts than NRK cells.
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spelling pubmed-21101802008-05-01 Actin content and organization in normal and transformed cells in culture J Cell Biol Articles The amount of actin and total protein per cell in normal rat kidney (NRK) cells in culture is initially high in very low density cultures, but rapidly decreases as the cells come into contact in higher density cultures. In a viral transformant of NRK (442), the level of actin and total protein does not change significantly from low to high density cultures. NRK cells, which are flattened against the substrate, have prominent bundles of actinlike microfilaments in the basal cytoplasm adjacent to the substrate. 442 cells, which adhere poorly and are more spherical in shape, lack well-organized basal microfilament bundles, but may display microfilament bundles in cytoplasmic processes extending from the cell body. The percentage of insoluble actin is less than 20% in both cell lines, and 442 cells consistently contain smaller amounts than NRK cells. The Rockefeller University Press 1978-07-01 /pmc/articles/PMC2110180/ /pubmed/566761 Text en This article is distributed under the terms of an Attribution–Noncommercial–Share Alike–No Mirror Sites license for the first six months after the publication date (see http://www.rupress.org/terms). After six months it is available under a Creative Commons License (Attribution–Noncommercial–Share Alike 4.0 Unported license, as described at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).
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Actin content and organization in normal and transformed cells in culture
title Actin content and organization in normal and transformed cells in culture
title_full Actin content and organization in normal and transformed cells in culture
title_fullStr Actin content and organization in normal and transformed cells in culture
title_full_unstemmed Actin content and organization in normal and transformed cells in culture
title_short Actin content and organization in normal and transformed cells in culture
title_sort actin content and organization in normal and transformed cells in culture
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2110180/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/566761