The cross-bridge spring: Can cool muscles store elastic energy?

Science

Volumn 340, Issue 6137, 2013, Pages 1217-1220

  George, N T ^a   Irving, T C ^b   Williams, C D ^a,c   Daniel, T L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR MOTOR;

BIOMECHANICS; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LOCOMOTION; MOTH; MUSCLE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

ARTICLE; ELASTICITY; ENERGY TRANSFER; LOCOMOTION; LOW TEMPERATURE; MANDUCA SEXTA; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MYOFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIN FILAMENT; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

MANDUCA SEXTA;

EID: 84878763323     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1229573     Document Type: Article

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