When muscle cells are viewed under the microscope, one can see that they contain a striped pattern (striations). This pattern is formed by a series of basic units called sarcomeres that are ...

Each type is specialised for a particular ... which insulates the nerve cell and speeds up the nerve impulse. Muscle cells contain filaments of protein that slide over each other to cause muscle ...

Muscle cells are full of long protein filaments that can slide past each ... cytoplasm and mitochondria. Each type of cell has its own job to do. These cells have special features that allow ...

The Kennedy College of Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, invites you to attend a Masters Thesis defense by Alfredo Bongiorno on "The Role of Key Tropomyosin-Troponin T Interactions in Thin ...