Actomyosin energy turnover declines while force remains constant during isometric muscle contraction

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 555, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 27-43

  West, Timothy G ^a   Curtin, N A ^a   Ferenczi, Michael A ^a   He, Zhen He ^b   Sun, Yin Biao ^c   Irving, Malcolm ^c   Woledge, Roger C ^d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; N [2 (1 MALEIMIDYL)ETHYL] 7 DIETHYLAMINO COUMARIN 3 CARBOXAMIDE PHOSPHATE BINDING PROTEIN; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHATE BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; CALCULATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOGFISH; ELASTICITY; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENZYME ASSAY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILE FORCE; HEAT; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE METABOLISM; MYOFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY; PHOSPHATE METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; REVIEW; STEADY STATE; TEMPERATURE; WORK; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FLUORESCENCE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE STRENGTH; THERMOGENESIS; TURNOVER TIME;

ACTOMYOSIN; ANIMALS; DOGFISH; ENERGY METABOLISM; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH;

EID: 1542329739     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2003.040089     Document Type: Review

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