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A thick filament of myosin II molecules

A thick filament of myosin II molecules
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Description: a) An electron micrograph.

The zone that is bare of headpieces is indicated by l; some myosin headpieces are indicated by arrowheads.

b) A drawing of the filament structure, showing dimensions in nanometers.

The projections are the pairs of headpieces on each myosin molecule. Note that the bare zone is just the length of the myosin tail

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