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Myosin myofilament

Known as: Thick filament, Myofilamentum crassum, filament thick 
A myofilament composed of myosin.
National Institutes of Health

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Head of myosinMuscle CellsMyofibrilsMyosin Heavy Chains

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MyofilamentsSarcomeres

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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Actin removal from cardiac myocytes shows that near Z line titin attaches to actin while under tension.
The I band of cardiac sarcomeres contains both actin and titin/connectin filaments. Earlier work has suggested that titin binds… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Myosin light chain kinase and myosin light chain phosphatase from Dictyostelium: effects of reversible phosphorylation on myosin structure and function
We have partially purified myosin light chain kinase (MLCK) and myosin light chain phosphatase (MLCP) from Dictyostelium… 
Review
1987
Review
1987
A new look at uterine muscle contraction.
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Arrangement of myosin heads in relaxed thick filaments from frog skeletal muscle.
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
The binding of smooth muscle myosin light chain kinase and phosphatases to actin and myosin.
Review
1976
Review
1976
Homology of myosin DTNB light chain with alkali light chains, troponin C and parvalbumin
THE interaction of actin and myosin which occurs during muscle contraction is regulated by changes in intracellular Ca2… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Axial arrangement of crossbridges in thick filaments of vertebrate skeletal muscle.
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Evidence for structural changes in vertebrate thick filaments induced by calcium.
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Structural and contractile properties of lobster leg-muscle fibers.
Three leg muscles of the American lobster, namely, the extensor muscle of the carpopodite in the walking legs, the closer muscle… 
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
Three classes of filaments in cardiac differentiation.
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