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Actin myofilament

Known as: Myofilamentum tenue, Striated muscle thin filament, Thin Filament 
Filaments formed of actin and associated proteins; attached to Z discs at either end of sarcomeres in myofibrils. [ISBN:0815316194]
National Institutes of Health

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ActinsCytoskeletonMuscle CellsMyofibrils

Broader (2)

MicrofilamentsSarcomeres

Narrower (4)

Minus-end of actin myofilamentPlus-end of actin myofilamentTropomyosintroponin complex location

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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Dynamics of individual sarcomeres during and after stretch in activated single myofibrils
It is generally assumed that sarcomere lengths (SLs) change in isometric fibres following activation and following stretch on the… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
cGMP‐mediated phosphorylation of heat shock protein 20 may cause smooth muscle relaxation without myosin light chain dephosphorylation in swine carotid artery
1 Nitrovasodilators such as nitroglycerine, via production of nitric oxide and an increase in [cGMP], can induce arterial smooth… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
A general procedure for determining the rate of calcium release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum in skeletal muscle fibers.
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Isolation and functional comparison of bovine cardiac troponin T isoforms.
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Heterogeneity of contractile proteins. A continuum of troponin-tropomyosin expression in mammalian skeletal muscle.
Comparison of the myofibrillar proteins from several adult rabbit skeletal muscles has led to the identification of multiple… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Cytoskeletal matrix in striated muscle: the role of titin, nebulin and intermediate filaments.
In this chapter, first I will briefly describe the molecular properties of titin and nebulin --two extremely large, myofibrillar… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Structural interpretation of the two-site binding of troponin on the muscle thin filament.
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Electron microscopy of thin filaments decorated with a Ca2+-regulated myosin.
Review
1976
Review
1976
Homology of myosin DTNB light chain with alkali light chains, troponin C and parvalbumin
THE interaction of actin and myosin which occurs during muscle contraction is regulated by changes in intracellular Ca2… 
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Effect of calcium ions on the flexibility of reconstituted thin filaments of muscle studied by quasielastic scattering of laser light.
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