THE ULTRASTRUCTURE OF STRIATED MUSCLE AT VARIOUS SARCOMERE LENGTHS
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- 25 July 1956
- journal article
- Published by Rockefeller University Press in The Journal of cell biology
- Vol. 2 (4) , 157-162
- https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.2.4.157
Abstract
1. Rest and equilibrium length muscle sarcomeres are composed of thin filaments (actin) which traverse the sarcomeres from the Z membranes up to the H band; at this level the filaments are considerably thicker and less numerous.Keywords
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