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Myofibrils

Known as: Myofibril, striated muscle fibre, fibers muscle striated 
The long cylindrical contractile organelles of STRIATED MUSCLE cells composed of ACTIN FILAMENTS; MYOSIN filaments; and other proteins organized in… 
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Actin myofilamentMicrobiologicalMuscle CellsMuscle Contraction

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Anisotropic bandH-bandIsotropic bandM-line

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Cellular StructuresNonmembranous cytoplasmic organelle

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1987
1987
Irradiations of rabbit myofibrils with an ultraviolet microbeam. I. Effects of ultraviolet light on the myofibril components necessary for contraction.
  • P. WilsonA. Forer
  • Biochemistry and cell biology = Biochimie et…
  • 1987
  • Corpus ID: 45096
Glycerinated rabbit psoas myofibrils, F-actin, and myofibril ghosts were irradiated with ultraviolet light (UV) to investigate… 
1984
1984
Tryptic digestion of rabbit skeletal myofibrils: an enzymatic probe of myosin cross-bridges.
Tryptic digestion of rabbit skeletal myofibrils under physiological ionic strength and pH conditions was used as a probe of cross… 
1982
1982
Binding of calcium and magnesium to myosin in skeletal muscle myofibrils.
Binding profiles for divalent cation to myosin have been obtained in myofibrils where myosin is assembled in arrays typical of… 
1982
1982
In situ reconstitution of myosin filaments within the myosin-extracted myofibril in cultured skeletal muscle cells
We studied the in situ reconstitution of myosin filaments within the myosin-extracted myofibrils in cultured chick embryo… 
1981
1981
Melting from both ends of an A-band in a myofibril. Observation with a phase-contrast microscope.
Observation with a phase-contrast microscope clearly shows that melting of an A-band, i.e., a bundle of thick (myosin) filaments… 
1980
1980
Binding of heavy meromyosin and subfragment-1 to thin filaments in myofibrils and single muscle fibers.
The binding of fluorescently labeled heavy meromyosin (HMM) and heavy meromyosin subfragment-1 (S-1) to thin filaments of… 
1978
1978
Preparation and characterization of frog muscle myosin subfragment 1 and actin.
The preparation, structural and steady-state kinetic characteristics of contractile proteins from the leg muscle of frogs Rana… 
1970
1970
Conditioning of bovine muscle. II. Changes in the composition of extracts of myofibrils after conditioning.
Myofibrils from longissimus dorsi muscles conditioned at 4° for 8 days and 15 days, were extracted by Hasselbach-Schneider… 
1962
1962
A STUDY OF MYOFIBRIL SARCOMERE STRUCTURE DURING CONTRACTION
In the present investigation of cross-striated muscle fibers of axolotl, we succeeded in observing in one field of vision of the… 
Highly Cited
1955
Highly Cited
1955
STUDIES ON THE STRUCTURE OF MUSCLE
1. The flight muscles of blowflies are easily dispersed in appropriate media to form suspensions of myofibrils which are highly… 
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