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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

Broader (2)

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
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Effects of stress and high voltage electrical stimulation on tenderness of lamb m. longissimus.
Review
1986
Review
1986
Connectin, an elastic filamentous protein of striated muscle.
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Subcellular sorting of isoactins: Selective association of γ actin with skeletal muscle mitochondria
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Oxygen-induced enzyme release: early events and a proposed mechanism.
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Histology of highly-stretched beef muscle. IV. Evidence for movement of gap filaments through the Z-line, using the N2-line and M-line as markers.
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
Histology of highly-stretched beef muscle. I. The fine structure of grossly stretched single fibers.
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Distribution and relationship of precursor Z material to organizing myofibrillar bundles in embryonic rat and hamster ventricular myocytes.
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
Heart failure: an electron microscopic study of the left ventricular papillary muscle in aortic insufficiency in the rabbit.
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