A cross-bridge mechanism can explain the thixotropic short-range elastic component of relaxed frog skeletal muscle

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 510, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 941-962

  Campbell, K S ^a,b   Lakie, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; MYOSIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; FROG; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE TONE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SARCOMERE LENGTH; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THIXOTROPY; ANIMAL CELL; CROSS BRIDGE MECHANISM; ELASTIC LIMIT STRESS; FILAMENTARY RESTING TENSION; MECHANICS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PREDICTION; RANA PIPIENS; RANA TEMPORARIA; SHORT RANGE ELASTIC COMPONENT; TENSION; THEORETICAL MODEL; VELOCITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 0032142998     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1998.941bj.x     Document Type: Article

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