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Ultrastructural and kinetic evidence support that thick filaments slide through the Z-disc

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Published in 2022 at "Journal of the Royal Society Interface"

DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2022.0642

Abstract: How myofilaments operate at short mammalian skeletal muscle lengths is unknown. A common assumption is that thick (myosin-containing) filaments get compressed at the Z-disc. We provide ultrastructural evidence of sarcomeres contracting down to 0.44 µm—approximately… read more here.

Keywords: thick filament; evidence; ultrastructural kinetic; evidence support ... See more keywords