Intercellular adhesion: coconstruction of contractile heart tissue by cells of different species.
Dissociated embryonic rat myocardial cells and chick myocardial cells labeled with radioactive isotope coaggregate and establish intercellular junctions. These bispecific cells reconstruct synchronously beating myocardial tissue within 24 hours of culture.
D000818:Animals; D002448:Cell Adhesion; D002449:Cell Aggregation; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002645:Chickens; D006321:Heart / Q000196:embryology*; D007365:Intercellular Junctions / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009030:Mosaicism; D009200:Myocardial Contraction; D009206:Myocardium / Q000166:cytology*; D051381:Rats; D013045:Species Specificity