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Word: Myofilament
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
1940s; earliest use found in Journal of Clinical Investigation. From myo- + filament
Definition:
Any of the ultramicroscopic, rod-like aggregates of protein molecules that are arranged in an overlapping array in the sarcomere of a myofibril, occurring in two forms, the thick filament (composed of myosin molecules) and thin filament (composed of actin molecules).
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