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From: Radial stability of the actomyosin filament lattice in isolated skeletal myofibrils studied using atomic force microscopy

Fig. 1

a Schematics of (left panel) the AFM method of compressing a single myofibril adsorbed onto the surface of cover slip with the bead-tip of a cantilever and (right panel) the cross-section of the single myofibril compressed by the bead. b Radial stiffness distributions along a single myofibril in (filled circle) rigor and (opened circle) relaxed states

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The Journal of Physiological Sciences

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