title: Connecting filaments: a historical prospective.
abstract: This short review covers the development of the extensible filament research from the very beginning until the most recent results. This work emphasizes the milestones of discovery, which led us from initial observations that were solely ultrastructural to the molecular understanding of the extensible process of these filaments.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary and Comparative Anatomy, Pharmacology and Physiology, Washington State University, Pullman, USA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Trombitás
mesh_terms: D008841:Actin Cytoskeleton / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D000818:Animals; D004548:Elasticity; D006801:Humans; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D012518:Sarcomeres / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure*