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Intercalated disc

Known as: Discus intercalatus, Intercalated Disk 
A complex cell-cell junction at which myofibrils terminate in cardiomyocytes; mediates mechanical and electrochemical integration between individual… 
National Institutes of Health

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Cell adhesive strip

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Fascia adherens
Intercalated disk Ab:ACnc:Pt:Ser:QnIntercalated disk Ab:Titr:Pt:Ser:Qn:IFMyocardium

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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Spatiotemporal development and distribution of intercellular junctions in adult rat cardiomyocytes in culture.
The mode of development of the intercalated disk (ID) is largely unknown, and the hypothesis was tested that the assembly of cell… 
Review
1995
Review
1995
Cardiac muscle cell interaction: from microanatomy to the molecular make-up of the gap junction.
Electrical coupling between cardiac muscle cells is mediated by specialised sites of plasma membrane interaction termed gap… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Immunoelectron microscopic studies of desmin (skeletin) localization and intermediate filament organization in chicken skeletal muscle
We studied the localization of desmin (skeletin), the major subunit of muscle-type intermediate filaments, by high resolution… 
1978
1978
Nexal membrane permeability to anions
The permeability of the septa of the earthworm in the median axon has been calculated for the anions fluorescein and its halogen… 
1977
1977
Studies of isolated adult rat heart cells: the surface morphology and the influence of extracellular calcium ion concentration on cellular viability.
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
A MORPHOMETRIC STUDY ON THE NEXUS OF RAT CARDIAC MUSCLE
A morphometric study of the nexus of rat cardiac muscle was carried out. The nexus surface of one intercalated disk of one 15 µm… 
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
Ultrastructure of the myocardium of the moth, Hyalophora cecropia.
Highly Cited
1965
Highly Cited
1965
Fine structural localization of adenine nucleoside phosphatase activity in the sarcoplasmic reticulum and the T system of rat myocardium.
1961
1961
Structure of the cardiac muscle cell
Highly Cited
1960
Highly Cited
1960
THE ULTRASTRUCTURE OF CARDIAC DESMOSOMES IN THE TOAD AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO THE INTERCALATED DISC
The fine structure of desmosomes and intercalated discs in the toad heart is discussed. A definite relationship between the dense… 
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