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The enterocyte microvillus is a vesicle-generating organelle

For decades, enterocyte brush border microvilli have been viewed as passive cytoskeletal scaffolds that serve to increase apical membrane surface area. However, recent studies revealed that in the in vitro context of isolated brush borders, myosin-1a (myo1a) powers the sliding of microvillar membran...

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Autores principales: McConnell, Russell E., Higginbotham, James N., Shifrin, David A., Tabb, David L., Coffey, Robert J., Tyska, Matthew J.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Rockefeller University Press 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2712962/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19564407
http://dx.doi.org/10.1083/jcb.200902147