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intercalated disc

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intercalated disc [in′tər·kə‚lād·əd ′disk]
(histology)
A dense region at the junction of cellular units in cardiac muscle.


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5 transcription factor, was shown to encode a proline-rich and Xin repeats-containing protein which localizes to the intercalated disc of adult hearts.
Subsequent microscopic analysis of the rabbits' hearts showed the transplanted cells had developed intercalated discs, "a distinctly cardiac feature" that is involved in transferring from cell-to-cell the electrical charge that powers the heartbeat, said investigator Doris Taylor, Ph.
 
 
 
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