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Table 1 Microstructural parameters defining the myofilament lattice in the model volume

From: Magnetic susceptibility anisotropy of myocardium imaged by cardiovascular magnetic resonance reflects the anisotropy of myocardial filament α-helix polypeptide bonds

Microstructural Feature

Diameter, nm

Pitch, nm

Thick filament

16.0 [32]

-

Thick subfilament

4.0 [32]

42.9 [61]

Myosin tail

2.0 [62]

4.3 [63]

Thin filament

7.0 [64]

77.0 [65]

Tropomyosin tail

2.0 [66]

3.7 [65]

α-helix

1.0 [67]

0.54 [67]