Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 1990 Jun;43(3):175-82.
doi: 10.1111/j.1432-0436.1990.tb00444.x.

Structural and compositional analysis of early stages in microvillus assembly in the enterocyte of the chick embryo

M B Heintzelman  1 , M S Mooseker
Affiliations
Free article

Structural and compositional analysis of early stages in microvillus assembly in the enterocyte of the chick embryo

M B Heintzelman et al. Differentiation. 1990 Jun.
Free article

Abstract

Morphological and immunocytochemical techniques were used to examine the distribution of villin, with respect to actin, during the early events of brush border morphogenesis in the embryonic chicken intestine. Immunolocalization studies indicate that actin and villin exist as a cortical array in the apical domain of embryonic enterocytes at a time when few surface microvilli are visible by scanning and transmission electron microscopic techniques. A population of villin is also localized at the level of the junctional complex. With time, the density of microvilli increases and the cells begin to flatten. In these cells, villin is detected in the newly formed microvilli and also in the subjacent cortex, where microvillar rootlets are beginning to appear. The significance of actin-villin associations in the process of brush border assembly is discussed in the light of the functional properties of villin.

PubMed Disclaimer

Similar articles

See all similar articles

Cited by

Publication types

LinkOut - more resources