striated muscle dense body

id: GO:0055120
name: striated muscle dense body
namespace: cellular_component
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: A vinculin-containing myofibril attachment structure of striated muscle that connects sarcomeres to the extracellular matrix. In nematode body wall muscle, the dense body performs the dual role of Z-disk and costamere.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0044449contractile fiber part