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Original Article

Heterogeneity of Tropomyosin and Actin in Normal and Diseased Muscle

Howard Feit Departnient of Neurology, University of Texas Health Science Center, Dallas, TX, 72235, USA
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Jay D. Cook Departnient of Neurology, University of Texas Health Science Center, Dallas, TX, 72235, USA
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Robert Domke Departnient of Neurology, University of Texas Health Science Center, Dallas, TX, 72235, USA
Pages 91-103 | Received 03 Jan 1983, Accepted 29 Mar 1983, Published online: 11 Jul 2009

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