Strain dependence of the elastic properties of force-producing cross- bridges in rigor skeletal muscle

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 2 I, 1997, Pages 814-821

  Van Der Heide, Uulke A ^a,b   Ketelaars, Martijn ^a,b   Treijtel, Ben W ^a   De Beer, Evert L ^b   Blangé, Tugendhold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FROG; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE TONE; NONHUMAN; RIGOR; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0031013461     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(97)78715-0     Document Type: Article

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