Is the cross-bridge stiffness proportional to tension during muscle fiber activation?

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2582-2590

  Colombini, Barbara ^a   Nocella, Marta ^a   Angela Bagni, M ^a   Griffiths, Peter J ^b   Cecchi, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77952968210     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.02.014     Document Type: Article

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