Recent X-ray diffraction studies of muscle contraction and their implications

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 359, Issue 1452, 2004, Pages 1879-1882

  Huxley, Hugh E ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross bridge; Interference; Muscle X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE;

EID: 13444252794     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2004.1556     Document Type: Conference Paper

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