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Occurrence, composition and function of intracellular calcium phosphate granules in the musculature of nephtyid polychaetes (Annelida)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

G. W. Bryan  and
P. E. Gibbs
G. W. Bryan
Affiliation:
The Laboratory, Marine Biological Association, Citadel Hill, Plymouth PL1 2PB
P. E. Gibbs
Affiliation:
The Laboratory, Marine Biological Association, Citadel Hill, Plymouth PL1 2PB
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Introduction

Intracellular calcium granules rich in phosphorus are found throughout the animal kingdom and occur in a wide range of different tissues (Simkiss, 1976; Mason & Nott, 1981). However, few examples of the natural occurrence of such granules in muscle cells have been recorded and thus the discovery of abundant granules composed of calcium phosphate within the muscle fibres of the polychaete Nephtys, described by Gibbs & Bryan (1984), is of considerable interest, particularly regarding the formation and function of these unusual sarcoplasmic inclusions.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 66 , Issue 2 , May 1986 , pp. 343 - 365
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1986

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