title: [Composition, structure and structural transitions in thick filaments of vertebrate striated muscle].
abstract: In this review the data of the last 20 years on the mechanisms of force generation in vertebrate striated muscles, its regulation and energy supplying have been presented. Special attention has been given to the contribution of thick filaments and their individual proteins in these mechanisms.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russia.
authors.forename: Z A
authors.initials: ZA
authors.lastname: Podlubnaia
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D014714:Vertebrates