Architecture and function in the muscle sarcomere

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 247-257

  Squire, John M ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CONNECTIN; MYOSIN; NEBULIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN MYOSIN INTERACTION; CYTOARCHITECTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SARCOMERE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VERTEBRATE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

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EID: 0030967587     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(97)80033-4     Document Type: Article

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