The mammalian cardiac muscle thick filament: Backbone contributions to meridional reflections

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 313-324

  Kensler, Robert W ^a  

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

Author keywords

Actin; Cardiac thick filaments; Electron microscopy; Image processing; Myosin cross bridges; Structure

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HEART MUSCLE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MYOFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 13844292743     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2004.12.004     Document Type: Article

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