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University of Vienna

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The illustration shows a surface representation of the alpha-actinin dimer against a background of muscle sarcomeres viewed under the electron microscope. The sarcomeres display a typical striated pattern, and are connected via joint Z-discs, seen as dark black and grey diagonal stripes.

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Mathias Gautel and Andrea Ghisleni, KCL, Nikos Pinotsis and Kristina Djinovic-Carugo, MFPL

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