Structure and periodicities of cross-bridges in relaxation, in rigor, and during contractions initiated by photolysis of caged Ca2+

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 2289-2306

  Lenart, Thomas D ^a,b   Murray, John M ^a   Franzini Armstrong, Clara ^a   Goldman, Yale E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CALCIUM ION; MYOSIN;

ACTIN MYOSIN INTERACTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FREEZING; FROG; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MYOFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PHOTOLYSIS; SKINNED MUSCLE FIBER; THIN FILAMENT; ULTRASTRUCTURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANIMALIA; ANURA;

EID: 0029970883     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79464-X     Document Type: Article

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