Sarcomere length nanometry in rat neonatal cardiomyocytes expressed with α-actinin–AcGFP in Z discs

Nanoscale imaging of cultured cardiomyocytes allows the quantitative assessment of changes in the length of single sarcomeres during contractile events.

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