The size and the speed of the working stroke of muscle myosin and its dependence on the force

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 545, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 145-151

  Piazzesi, Gabriella ^a   Lucii, Leonardo ^a   Lombardi, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MYOSIN; MYOSIN II;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FROG; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR SIZE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE FIBER CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SARCOMERE LENGTH; TIME; VELOCITY; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; ANURA; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; MUSCLE STRENGTH;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSINS; RANA ESCULENTA;

EID: 0037112540     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2002.028969     Document Type: Review

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