Cross-bridge kinetics studied with staircase shortening in single fibres from frog skeletal muscle

Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 91-101

  Linari, Marco ^a   Lombardi, Vincenzo ^a   Piazzesi, Gabriella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN MYOSIN INTERACTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FROG; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANA ESCULENTA;

ANIMALIA; ANURA;

EID: 0031029605     PISSN: 01424319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018637118052     Document Type: Article

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