Connectin filaments link thick filaments and Z lines in frog skeletal muscle as revealed by immunoelectron microscopy.

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Published in J Cell Biol on December 01, 1985

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K Maruyama, T Yoshioka, H Higuchi, K Ohashi, S Kimura, R Natori

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