Developing Heart Cell
by R. Bick, B. Poindexter, Ut Medical School/science Photo Library
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Developing Heart Cell
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R. Bick, B. Poindexter, Ut Medical School/science Photo Library
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Developing heart cell, fluorescence deconvolution micrograph. Fluorescent dyes have been used to highlight cellular structures and proteins: actin (green), cell nucleus (white), calcium channel protein synthesis (red). Actin is a contractile muscle protein. Calcium channels are vital to the proper functioning of a muscle cell, and here is being investigated with calcitonin gene related peptide (CGRP). This heart muscle cell is from a newborn baby, and is still developing and maturing into one of several specialised roles carried out by various types of heart cells.
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September 21st, 2018
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