Direct tests of muscle cross-bridge theories: Predictions of a Brownian Dumbbell model for position-dependent cross-bridge lifetimes and step sizes with an optically trapped actin filament

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2996-3007

  Smith, D A ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOTION; SIMULATION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; THEORY;

EID: 0031767964     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(98)77740-9     Document Type: Article

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