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Description

Mouse skeletal muscle. This image depicts a transmission electron micrograph of 1 month old mouse skeletal muscle tissue from the EDL muscle. Note the highly ordered organization of the contractile apparatus. From Gokhin et al JCB 2010, figure 4a.

Biological Sources

NCBI Organism Classification: Mus musculus
Cell Type: skeletal muscle cell
Cellular Component: striated muscle thin filament; striated muscle myosin thick filament; myofibril

Biological Context

Biological Process: skeletal muscle contraction

Attribution

Names: David Gokhin
Link: http://jcb.rupress.org/content/189/1/95.full

Citation

Digital Object Identifier (DOI): doi:10.7295/W9CIL10078
Archival Resource Key (ARK): ark:/b7295/w9cil10078

Imaging

Image Type: transmission electron microscopy (TEM)
Image Mode: transmission electron microscopy (TEM); electron density
Parameters Imaged: electron density
Source of Contrast: differences in adsorption or binding of stain
Visualization Methods: uranyl salt; lead salt

Sample Preparation

Methods: formaldehyde fixed tissue; glutaraldehyde fixed tissue

Dimensions