The scaling of myofibrillar actomyosin ATPase activity in apid bee flight muscle in relation to hovering flight energetics

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1195-1206

  Askew, Graham N ^a   Tregear, Richard T ^b   Ellington, Charles R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Insect flight muscle; Myofibrillar atpase; Scaling

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MYOSIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYMOLOGY; FLYING; FORELIMB; HISTOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; MUSCLE; MUSCLE FIBRIL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; BEES; BIOMECHANICS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY METABOLISM; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MALE; MUSCLES; MYOFIBRILS; MYOSINS; WING;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77951479709     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.034330     Document Type: Article

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