The effect of actin filament compliance on the interpretation of the elastic properties of skeletal muscle fibres

Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 125-131

  Blange T ^a   Van Der Heide, U A ^a,b   Treijtel, B W ^a   De Beer, E L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELASTIC FIBER; ELASTICITY; FROG; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ACTINS; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANA ESCULENTA; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0030943441     PISSN: 01424319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018649420778     Document Type: Conference Paper

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