Why has reversal of the actin-myosin cross-bridge cycle not been observed experimentally?

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1465-1471

  Loiselle, Denis S ^a,c   Tran, Kenneth ^c   Crampin, Edmund J ^b,c   Curtin, Nancy A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Department of Engineering Science ^*  (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eccentric contraction; Muscle thermodynamics; Negative work; Stretch

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; MOLECULAR MOTOR; MYOSIN;

ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; HISTORY; HUMAN; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOSINS; PHYSIOLOGY; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 77953169003     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01198.2009     Document Type: Review

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