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myofibril

NOUN
  1. one of many contractile filaments that make up a striated muscle fiber

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  • Inside the fibre are the myofibrils, which constitute the contractile apparatus, and a system for controlling the myofibrils through changes in calcium concentration.
  • B, Ge K, Farmer G, et al. (2003) Targeted disruption of the murine Bin1/Amphiphysin II gene does not disable endocytosis but results in embryonic cardiomyopathy with aberrant myofibril formation. PLoS Biology: New Articles
  • Results: The content of protein, myofibril protein and myosinogen gradually descend, and nonprotein nitrogen(NPN) gradually increase along with the extend of fermented time.
  • Briefly, the cardiac myofibrils are composed of the major contractile proteins, actin and myosin.
  • At 36 weeks of age, Tg mice (the group in transition from hypertrophy to HF) show significant degenerative changes in cardiomyocytes, including swelling of mitochondria, disruption of the nuclear membrane, and absence of myofibril structure. Naturejobs - All Jobs
  • Structural abnormalities included loss of lateral alignment of myofibrils, perturbation of myofibril anchorage to the sarcolemma, abnormal mitochondrial number and organization, and loss of nuclear shape and positioning.
  • The appearance of Hand1 and Smyd1, transcription and chromatin remodeling factors; Acta1, Acta2, Myl3, and Myom1, myofibril proteins; and calcium-activated potassium-channel gene activity (KCNMB1), the channel protein, were powerfully attenuated in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences current issue
  • Individual muscle cells are extremely elongated and enclose many-stranded cables woven from threads called myofibrils.
  • Line scans were determined for portions of myofibrils that were straight, contained five or more sarcomeres, and had striations relatively perpendicular to the long axis of the myofibril.
  • The number of myofibrils within the enlarged muscle fiber can increase more than 10-fold.
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