Mechanism of force generation by myosin heads in skeletal muscle

Nature

Volumn 415, Issue 6872, 2002, Pages 659-662

  Piazzesi, Gabriella ^a   Reconditi, Massimo ^a   Linari, Marco ^a   Lucii, Leonardo ^a   Sun, Yin Biao ^a   Narayanan, Theyencheri ^a   Boesecke, Peter ^a   Lombardi, Vincenzo ^a   Irving, Malcolm ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; DYNAMICS; MUSCLE; X RAY ANALYSIS;

FORCE GENERATION;

MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM;

MYOSIN;

BIOLOGY;

ACTIN MYOSIN INTERACTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FROG; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSINS; RANA TEMPORARIA; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANIMALIA; ANURA;

EID: 0037034040     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/415659a     Document Type: Article

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