Cross-bridge action: Present views, prospects, and unknowns

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1189-1195

  Huxley, A F ^a,b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross bridge action; Muscle mechanism

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MUSCLE; PROTEINS; TENSILE PROPERTIES; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CROSS-BRIDGE ACTION;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN MYOSIN INTERACTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; HUMAN; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMERE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLES; MYOSINS; PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 0034308409     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(00)00060-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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