Filament compliance and tension transients in muscle

Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 507-511

  Huxley, A F ^a   Tideswell, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; MYOSIN;

ACTIN MYOSIN INTERACTION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MUSCLE TONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THIN FILAMENT;

EID: 0029801074     PISSN: 01424319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00123366     Document Type: Article

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