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Sarcomeres
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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…
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ANK2 protein, human
Anisotropic band
DNAJB6 protein, human
Desmin
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Actin myofilament
Isotropic band
Myosin myofilament
Striated muscle thick filament
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Cellular Structures
Region of myofibril
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Review
2014
Review
2014
Engineering Adolescence: Maturation of Human Pluripotent Stem Cell–Derived Cardiomyocytes
Xiulan Yang
,
Lil Pabon
,
C. Murry
Circulation Research
2014
Corpus ID: 6064176
The discovery of human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs), including both human embryonic stem cells and human-induced pluripotent…
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Autophagy is required to maintain muscle mass.
E. Masiero
,
L. Agatea
,
+7 authors
M. Sandri
Cell Metabolism
2009
Corpus ID: 206836274
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Characterization of the myosin-based source for second-harmonic generation from muscle sarcomeres.
Sergey V Plotnikov
,
A. Millard
,
P. Campagnola
,
W. Mohler
Biophysical Journal
2006
Corpus ID: 4376227
Several biologically important protein structures give rise to strong second-harmonic generation (SHG) in their native context…
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Cardiac troponin T is essential in sarcomere assembly and cardiac contractility
A. Sehnert
,
Anja Huq
,
B. Weinstein
,
C. Walker
,
M. Fishman
,
D. Stainier
Nature Genetics
2002
Corpus ID: 7134317
Mutations of the gene (TNNT2) encoding the thin-filament contractile protein cardiac troponin T are responsible for 15% of all…
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Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
α-tropomyosin and cardiac troponin T mutations cause familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: A disease of the sarcomere
L. Thierfelder
,
H. Watkins
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+5 authors
C. Seidman
Cell
1994
Corpus ID: 205021038
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
New insights into the behavior of muscle during active lengthening.
D. Morgan
Biophysical Journal
1990
Corpus ID: 31128517
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
The velocity of unloaded shortening and its relation to sarcomere length and isometric force in vertebrate muscle fibres.
K. Edman
Journal of Physiology
1979
Corpus ID: 39954519
1. The velocity of shortening at zero load was studied during fused tetanic contractions and single twitches in isolated skeletal…
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Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Tension responses to sudden length change in stimulated frog muscle fibres near slack length
L. E. Ford
,
A. Huxley
,
R. Simmons
Journal of Physiology
1977
Corpus ID: 5611603
1. Apparatus for applying a step change of length to an isolated muscle fibre is described. The step was complete in about 0·2 ms…
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Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
The effects of length and stimulus rate on tension in the isometric cat soleus muscle
P. Rack
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D. Westbury
Journal of Physiology
1969
Corpus ID: 1941644
1. By subdividing ventral roots and supplying stimulating pulses to different groups of motor units in rotation, smooth…
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Highly Cited
1966
Highly Cited
1966
The variation in isometric tension with sarcomere length in vertebrate muscle fibres
A. M. Gordon
,
A. Huxley
,
F. Julian
Journal of Physiology
1966
Corpus ID: 12503842
1. The variation of isometric tetanus tension with sarcomere length in single fibres from frog striated muscle has been re…
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