Molecular organizations of myofibrils of skeletal muscle studied by atomic force microscopy

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 538, Issue , 2004, Pages 285-294

  Yamada, Takenori ^a   Kunioka, Yuki ^a   Wakayama, Jun'ichi ^a   Aimi, Momoko ^a   Noguchi, Yu Suke ^a   Akiyama, Nao ^a   Kayamori, Taisuke ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANISOTROPY; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE FIBRIL; MYOFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SARCOMERE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; CELLS, CULTURED; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOFIBRILS; MYOSINS; PSOAS MUSCLES; RABBITS; SARCOMERES; SOFTWARE;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 1842422507     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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