Thick filament length and isoform composition determine self-organized contractile units in actomyosin bundles.

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Published in Biophys J on February 05, 2013

Authors

Todd Thoresen1, Martin Lenz, Margaret L Gardel

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1: Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

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