Mechanical strength of sarcomere structures of skeletal myofibrils studied by submicromanipulation

Cell Structure and Function

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 135-143

  Kayamori, Taisuke ^a   Miyake, Norihito ^a   Akiyama, Nao ^a   Aimi, Momoko ^a   Wakayama, Jun'ichi ^a,b   Kunioka, Yuki ^a,c   Yamada, Takenori ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscope; Mechanical strength; Optical tweezers; Sarcomere; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTININ; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MECHANICAL STRESS; MICROMANIPULATION; MUSCLE FIBRIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSOAS MUSCLE; SARCOMERE;

ACTININ; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; MICROFILAMENTS; MICROMANIPULATION; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSPHERES; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOFIBRILS; PSOAS MUSCLES; RABBITS; SARCOMERES;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 33846236014     PISSN: 03867196     EISSN: 13473700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1247/csf.06017     Document Type: Article

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