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SUBMITTER: de Souza Leite F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5565411 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
de Souza Leite Felipe F Minozzo Fabio C FC Altman David D Rassier Dilson E DE
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20170801 33
The sarcomere is the smallest functional unit of myofibrils in striated muscles. Sarcomeres are connected in series through a network of elastic and structural proteins. During myofibril activation, sarcomeres develop forces that are regulated through complex dynamics among their structures. The mechanisms that regulate intersarcomere dynamics are unclear, which limits our understanding of fundamental muscle features. Such dynamics are associated with the loss in forces caused by mechanical inst ...[more]