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  • Title: [Tubular structural pattern of filaments of elastic fibers].
    Author: Nikolov S, Chaldakov G, Gabrovska M.
    Journal: Anat Anz; 1984; 156(1):57-64. PubMed ID: 6539087.
    Abstract:
    Substructural organization and morphogenesis of elastic fiber filaments (EFF) from different organs (blood vessels, auricular cartilage, skin) are described. EFF reveal a tubular pattern of organization. In cross section, the filament's "wall" is build up of 4 dense particles (subunits), which surround an electron-lucent interior; in longitudinal section, subunits seems to be arranged in a chain-like manner. The EFF's tubular organization is somehow similar to that of intermediate filaments and cytoplasmic microtubules. An universal structural pattern for both, intra- and extracellular filamentous structures, with skeletal function is suggested.
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