A single muscle moves a crustacean limb joint rhythmically by acting against a spring containing resilin

BMC Biology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Burrows, Malcolm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE PROTEIN; RESILIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; INSECT PROTEIN;

ABDUCTION; ADDUCTION; ARTICLE; CRAB; CRAYFISH; CRUSTACEA; ELASTICITY; FLAGELLUM; LIMB MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ANIMAL; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE; JOINT; LIMB; METABOLISM; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ASTACOIDEA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PACIFASTACUS LENIUSCULUS;

ANIMALS; CRUSTACEA; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EXTREMITIES; FLAGELLA; FLUORESCENCE; INSECT PROTEINS; JOINTS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 67649853295     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-7-27     Document Type: Article

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