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Sarcomeres

Known as: Sarcomere 
The repeating unit of a myofibril in a muscle cell, composed of an array of overlapping thick and thin filaments between two adjacent Z discs. [ISBN… 
National Institutes of Health

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ANK2 protein, humanAnisotropic bandDNAJB6 protein, humanDesmin

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Actin myofilamentIsotropic bandMyosin myofilamentStriated muscle thick filament

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Cellular StructuresRegion of myofibril

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2005
2005
Differential model of excitation - contraction coupling in a cardiac cell for multicycle simulations
We present a differential model of excitation – contraction coupling in a cardiac cell intended to be used in simulations of one… 
2000
2000
Identification of Necrotic Tissue by Phase–Contrast Microscopy at an Early Stage of Acute Myocardial Infarction
Identification of Necrotic Tissue by Phase–Contrast Microscopy at an Early Stage of Acute Myocardial Infarction 
1984
1984
Differences in temperature dependence of muscle contractile properties and myofibrillar ATPase activity in a cold-temperature fish.
Single muscle fibres were isolated from the fast myotomal muscle of the teleost Myoxocephalus scorpius L. and chemically skinned… 
1983
1983
Ultrastructural configuration of sarcomeres in passive and contracted frog sartorius muscle.
The structural configuration of passive and contracted sarcomeres from frog sartorius muscle was determined for sarcomere lengths… 
1981
1981
Characteristics of Sarcomere Shortening in Single Frog Atrial Cardiac Cells during Lightly Loaded Contractions
We studied sarcomere performance in single isolated intact cardiac cells using techniques that allow direct measurement of… 
1977
1977
The nature of disappearance of creatine kinase from the circulation and its influence on enzymatic estimation of infarct size.
6. Martin RR, Haines H: Application of Laplace's law to mammalian hearts. Comp Biochem Physiol 34: 959-962, 1970 7. Meerson F… 
1974
1974
Sarcomere length increases in developing crustacean muscle.
Measurements of sarcomere length in the tonic claw opener muscle and in the tonic (superficial) and phasic (deep) abdominal… 
1966
1966
Some Effects of a Cardioactive Fraction Isolated from Human Blood Plasma on the Peripheral Circulation of the Dog
Using dogs on heart-lung bypass and perfused hind-limb preparations, the effect of the relatively low molecular weight… 
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1966
Highly Cited
1966
Muscle regeneration in experimental animals and in man. The cycle of tissue change that follows trauma in the injured limb syndrome.
1. Direct injury to skeletal muscle results in fragmentation and necrosis of muscle fibres, though this is patchy in distribution… 
1964
1964
Role of the Sarcomere in Ventricular Function and the Mechanism of Heart Failure
An ultrastructural basis for the Frank-Starling mechanism in which increased muscle length engenders an increased force of…