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Editorial
. 2019 Mar 19;116(6):983-984.
doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2019.02.009. Epub 2019 Mar 2.

Thick Filament Length Changes in Muscle Have Both Elastic and Structural Components

Massimo Reconditi  1 , Luca Fusi  2 , Marco Caremani  1 , Elisabetta Brunello  2 , Marco Linari  1 , Gabriella Piazzesi  1 , Vincenzo Lombardi  1 , Malcolm Irving  3
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Thick Filament Length Changes in Muscle Have Both Elastic and Structural Components

Massimo Reconditi et al. Biophys J. .
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