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. 1977 Feb 1;161(2):399–403. doi: 10.1042/bj1610399

The proteins in the Z line of insect flight muscle.

B Bullard, G M Sainsbury
PMCID: PMC1164517  PMID: 849268

Abstract

Z discs were isolated from Lethocerus flight muscle by removing the contractile proteins from myofibrils with a solution of high ionic strength. The protein composition of the Z discs was analysed by sodium dodecyl sulphate/polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis; the major proteins were alpha-actinin, actin and tropomyosin. Z lines were selectively removed from intact myofibrils by digestion with crude lipase and chymotrypsin, but not by purified lipase.

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