Muscle contraction: The step-size distance and the impulse-time per ATP

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules

Volumn 18, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 123-131

  Worthington, C R ^a   Elliott, G F ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actin; Muscle contraction; Myosin

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; ENERGY; ENTHALPY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; VELOCITY;

EID: 0030048508     PISSN: 01418130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0141-8130(95)01070-X     Document Type: Article

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