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It is suggested that the way in which the molecules are packed is common to all types of myosin filament. This leads to quantitative predictions about the component molecules.
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SQUIRE, J. General Model for the Structure of all Myosin-containing Filaments. Nature 233, 457–462 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/233457a0
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