Immunological Techniques in Fluorescence and Electron Microscopy Applied to Skeletal Muscle Fibers

Abstract

The sections in this article are: Myofibrillar Proteins A Band M Band I Band Z Band Nonmyofibrillar Proteins

Selected properties of the cytoskeletal protein synemin and its interactions with proteins at the muscle Z-line

“…Three to five sets (when viewed longitudinally; depending on the muscle fiber type and/or species) [Pepe, 1983] of transverse M-bridges connect each thick filament in a hexagonal arrangement to six neighboring thick filaments, which can be seen in cross section through the M-line region [Knappeis and Carlsen, 1968;Trinick and Lowey, 1977]. Thin M-filaments, running parallel to the myofibril axis, are thought to interconnect the transverse M-bridges at their midpoints [Luther and Squire, 1978].…”