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. 2007 Aug 15;583(Pt 1):3-4.
doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2007.137067. Epub 2007 Jun 14.

Understanding muscle from its length

D G Allen  1 , H Westerblad
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Understanding muscle from its length

D G Allen et al. J Physiol. .
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Figure 1
The length–tension relation of frog skeletal muscle A, critical stages in the overlap of thick and thin filaments. B, schematic summary of results. Both panels from Gordon et al. (1966).
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