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RESEARCH PRODUCT
Electron microscopy of a double helical tubular filament in keyhole limpet (Megathura crenulata) hemolymph.
Jürgen MarklJ. R. Harrissubject
animal structuresHistologymedicine.medical_treatmentchemical and pharmacologic phenomenamacromolecular substancesMegathura crenulataMicrotubulesPathology and Forensic MedicineProtein filamentIntracellular organelleHemolymphHemolymphmedicineAnimalsFissurellidaebiologyCell-Free SystemLimpetHemocyaninCell BiologyAnatomybiology.organism_classificationActin CytoskeletonMicroscopy ElectronMolluscaHemocyaninsbiology.proteinBiophysicsCollagenKeyhole limpet hemocyanindescription
A approximately 25 nm hollow double helical filament has been detected ultrastructurally in the cell-free supernatant from hemolymph of the keyhole limpet Megathura crenulata (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Fissurellidae). Subsequently, much higher concentrations of this material were found in the cell pellet from hemolymph. Both negative staining and thin sectioning have been performed in an attempt to obtain a preliminary structural characterization of this new filament. It is proposed that the filaments are released or secreted from blood hemocytes in response to bleeding, but it has not been possible to define absolutely an intracellular organelle containing this material. It is shown that the hollow filaments, which have fine fibrillar surface extensions, are readily distinguishable from collagen fibrils and from tubular (multi-decameric) keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH).
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992-09-01 | Cell and tissue research |