... and hardly pinpointed in fixed cells. Nevertheless, these experiments argue in favor of a role for the microtubule network in the skeletal muscle E–C coupling, which is so far not studied. Of note, in cardiac muscle, microtubules disruption has already been reported to modulate calcium release (Gomez et al...

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... Phospholipase C Membrane-cytoskeleton adhesion Calcium release The addition of amphiphilic organic molecules to cells often produces dramatic changes in cell functions including an increase in fluid-phase endocytosis rate ( Dai et al., 1997 ; Raucher and Sheetz, 1999 ). An important class...