Three-dimensional structure of the Z band in a normal mammalian skeletal muscle

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 571-583

  Schroeter, John P ^a,b,c   Bretaudiere, Jean Pierre ^b   Sass, Ronald L ^c   Goldstein, Margaret A ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; MAMMAL; MYOFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SARCOMERE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAMMALS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SARCOMERES;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0029952579     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.133.3.571     Document Type: Article

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