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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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Review
2004
Review
2004
The giant protein titin: a major player in myocardial mechanics, signaling, and disease.
The sarcomere contains, in addition to thin and thick filaments, a filament composed of the giant protein titin (also known as… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Is colour brightness (L-value) a reliable indicator of water-holding capacity in porcine muscle?
Review
1986
Review
1986
Connectin, an elastic filamentous protein of striated muscle.
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Oxygen-induced enzyme release: early events and a proposed mechanism.
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Dependence of the contractile activation of skinned cardiac cells on the sarcomere length
FRANK1 and Starling2 have demonstrated that the systolic pressure developed by the heart decreased as its diastolic volume was… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Myocardial sarcomere dynamics during isometric contraction.
1. Sarcomere lengths were measured during rest and throughout the time course of isometric contractions in thin, isolated rat… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Tension responses to quick length changes of glycerinated skeletal muscle fibres from the frog and tortoise
1. Twitch fibres isolated from the sartorius muscle of the frog were glycerinated (cf. Heinl, 1972) and thin fibre bundles… 
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
Changes in ultrastructure and respiratory control in mitochondria of rat heart hypertrophied by exercise.
Highly Cited
1967
Highly Cited
1967
Low-angle x-ray diffraction studies of living striated muscle during contraction.
Highly Cited
1966
Highly Cited
1966
Phasic and tonic neuromuscular systems in the abdominal extensor muscles of the crayfish and rock lobster.
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