Stiffness, working stroke, and force of single-myosin molecules in skeletal muscle: Elucidation of these mechanical properties via nonlinear elasticity evaluation

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 4275-4292

  Kaya, Motoshi ^a   Higuchi, Hideo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Drag force; Nonlinear elasticity; Single molecule; Skeletal myosin; Stiffness; Working stroke size

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MYOSIN;

COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; FORCE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MYOFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; NONLINEAR ELASTICITY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; RIGIDITY; SARCOMERE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WORKING STROKE SIZE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSINS;

EID: 84887029956     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 14209071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-013-1353-x     Document Type: Review

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