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myofibrils

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-004286

The long cylindrical contractile organelles of striated muscle cells composed of actin filaments; myosin filaments; and other proteins organized in arrays of repeating units called sarcomeres.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-004286
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectAnimals, Livestock, One Health
Synonymsmuscle fibrils; myofilaments
ReferencesMedical Subject Headings 2015; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsocardiomyocytes; myotubes; costameres; myofibrillar proteins; sarcomeres
TranslationsSpanish: miofibrillas
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-004286",
  "term": "myofibrils",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "The long cylindrical contractile organelles of striated muscle cells composed of actin filaments; myosin filaments; and other proteins organized in arrays of repeating units called sarcomeres.",
  "synonyms": [
    "muscle fibrils",
    "myofilaments"
  ],
  "subject": "Animals, Livestock, One Health",
  "see_also": [
    "cardiomyocytes",
    "myotubes",
    "costameres",
    "myofibrillar proteins",
    "sarcomeres"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings 2015",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "miofibrillas"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/myofibrils/"
}

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