OSMOTIC EFFECTS OF TUBULIN (BRAIN CONTRACTILE PROTEIN) POLYMERIZATION - A POSSIBLE ROLE IN CELL SALT AND WATER REGULATION
- 1 January 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Vol. 13 (1), 11-14
Abstract
Polymerization changes in tubulin (a contractile protein of brain) induced by a temperature increase from 4.degree. to 25.degree. C caused a large (85%) decrease in measured osmotic pressure of the tubulin. Contractile proteins within cells may play a significant role in cell osmotic equilibria.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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