Contractile characteristics of sarcomeres arranged in series or mechanically isolated from myofibrils

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 682, Issue , 2010, Pages 123-140

  Rassier, Dilson E ^a   Pavlov, Ivan ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Actin; Force length relation; Myofibrils; Myosin; Sarcomeres; Stability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBRIL; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSOAS MUSCLE; RABBIT; SARCOMERE; SARCOMERE LENGTH; ANIMAL; KINETICS; MECHANICAL STRESS; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VERTEBRATE;

ACTIN; MYOSIN;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KINETICS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MYOFIBRILS; MYOSINS; SARCOMERES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 78349244057     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-6366-6_7     Document Type: Article

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