The mechanism of spontaneous oscillatory contractions in skeletal muscle

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3682-3691

  Smith, D A ^a   Stephenson, D G ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; PHOSPHATE; ACTIN; MYOSIN; VISCOELASTIC SUBSTANCE;

ACTIN MYOSIN INTERACTION; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOTONIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TONE; MUSCLE TWITCH; OSCILLATION; SARCOMERE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VISCOELASTICITY; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ELASTICITY; FAST MUSCLE FIBER; METABOLISM; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SLOW MUSCLE FIBER; TIME;

ACTINS; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ELASTICITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; MUSCLE FIBERS, SLOW-TWITCH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSINS; PERIODICITY; RATS; SARCOMERES; TIME FACTORS; VISCOELASTIC SUBSTANCES;

EID: 67650345313     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.01.039     Document Type: Article

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