Sarcomere length operating range of vertebrate muscles during movement

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 204, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1529-1536

  Burkholder, Thomas J ^a   Lieber, Richard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Locomotion; Muscle design; Myofilament; Myosin; Sarcomere

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIRD; CAT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FISH; FROGS AND TOADS; HORSE; HUMAN; MOUSE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; RAT; REVIEW; SARCOMERE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BIRDS; CATS; FISHES; HORSES; HUMANS; MICE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RABBITS; RATS; SARCOMERES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; AVES; EQUUS CABALLUS; FELIS CATUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035744938     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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