Modulation of passive force in single skeletal muscle fibres

Biology Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 342-345

  Rassier, Dilson E ^a   Lee, Eun Jeong ^a   Herzog, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Force; Force enhancement; Sarcomere length; Stretch; Titin

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIN;

SKELETON;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FROG; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMERE LENGTH; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANURA;

EID: 25444490710     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0337     Document Type: Article

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