The stiffness of the crossbridge is a function of the intrinsic protein osmotic pressure generated by the crossbridge itself

FEBS Letters

Volumn 387, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 101-104

  Grazi, Enrico ^a   Magri, Ermes ^a   Schwienbacher, Christine ^a   Trombetta, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CONTRACTILE PROTEIN; F ACTIN; MYOSIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FROG; HYPOTHESIS; MODEL; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; OSMOTIC STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SHORT SURVEY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALIA; ANURA;

EID: 0030014327     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(96)00481-4     Document Type: Article

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