Diameter of microfilaments in most apical cytoplasm

Range 60 - 70 Å
Organism Fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster
Reference Reinhardt CA, Bryant PJ. Wound healing in the imaginal discs of Drosophila. II. Transmission electron microscopy of normal and healing wing discs. J Exp Zool. 1981 Apr216(1):45-61. p.47 left column 2nd paragraph & p.57 left columnPubMed ID6793689
Comments P.47 left column 2nd paragraph:"The most apical cytoplasm contains microfilaments with a diameter of 60-70 Å, which extend from the zone along the zonula adhaerens into the microvilli and especially into the microvillar ridge (Figs. 3, 4)." P.57 left column:"An important factor in maintaining the structural stability of imaginal discs may be the cytoskeletal elements found in the apical regions of the columnar epithelial cells. A complex network of 60-70- Å microfilaments is found in apical cell periphery, extending into the microvilli and especially into the microvillar ridge along the lateral cell periphery this network touches the zonula adhaerens – the desmosome belt along the apical cell border."
Entered by Uri M
ID 112072