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The tymbal muscle of cicada has flight muscle-type sarcomeric architecture and protein expression

BACKGROUND: The structural and biochemical features of the tymbal (sound-producing) muscle of cicadas were studied by X-ray diffraction and immunochemistry, and compared with those of flight muscles from the same species. RESULTS: The X-ray diffraction pattern of the tymbal muscle was very similar t...

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Autor principal: Iwamoto, Hiroyuki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5581462/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28879039
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40851-017-0077-4