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A study of invertebrate actins by isoelectric focusing and immunodiffusion

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Actin isolated from various invertebrate phyla comigrates with the β-form of vertebrate smooth muscle actin. However, invertebrate actins are not identical, since antibodies to insect-actin will not crossreact with the other species.

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  1. Institut für Zoologie, Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, Schnittspahnstr. 10, D-6100, Darmstadt, Federal Republic of Germany

    H. G. de Couet, K. -D. Mazander & U. Gröschel-Stewart

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  1. H. G. de Couet
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This work was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Ste 105/19+20).

We wish to thank Dr. R. Whalen, Inst. Pasteur, Paris, for introducing us to the technique of I.E.F.

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de Couet, H.G., Mazander, K.D. & Gröschel-Stewart, U. A study of invertebrate actins by isoelectric focusing and immunodiffusion. Experientia 36, 404–405 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01975112

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