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. 1979 Jan 4;277(5691):37-40.
doi: 10.1038/277037a0.

Structure of the backbone in myosin filaments of muscle

J S Wray

Structure of the backbone in myosin filaments of muscle

J S Wray. Nature. .

Abstract

New X-ray data suggest how myosin rods, themselves alpha-helical coiled coils, form the thick filament backbone of crustacean muscles by additional supercoiling. Natural transformations of this structure may describe the myosin backbone in many other animals also.

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