The mammalian cardiac muscle thick filament: Crossbridge arrangement

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 303-312

  Kensler, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Cardiac thick filaments; Computer image processing; Electron microscopy; Myosin crossbridges; Structure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HEART MUSCLE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MYOFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 13844264469     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2004.12.003     Document Type: Article

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