Dynamics of individual sarcomeres during and after stretch in activated single myofibrils

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1525, 2003, Pages 1735-1740

  Rassier, Dilson E ^a,b   Herzog, Walter ^b   Pollack, Gerald H ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Force length relationship; Instability; Sarcomere activation; Sarcomere force; Sarcomere length non uniformity

Indexed keywords

GLASS;

BIOLOGY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JOINT STABILITY; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; MUSCLE FIBRIL; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MYOFILAMENT; NEEDLE; NONHUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSOAS MUSCLE; RABBIT; SARCOMERE; SARCOMERE LENGTH; THIN FILAMENT;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0041876435     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2418     Document Type: Article

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