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. 2007 Aug 15;583(Pt 1):5-7.
doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2007.137000. Epub 2007 Jun 14.

When fibres go slack and cross bridges are free to run: a brilliant method to study kinetic properties of acto-myosin interaction

Carlo Reggiani  1
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When fibres go slack and cross bridges are free to run: a brilliant method to study kinetic properties of acto-myosin interaction

Carlo Reggiani. J Physiol. .
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Figure 1
Vo determined with the slack test protocol is independent of sarcomere length A, superimposed records of three releases with different amplitudes; B, linear regression between release amplitudes and time from release to the beginning of tension re-development; Vo is given by the slope and series elasticity by the intercept on the ordinate; C, Vo of four fibres is independent of sarcomere length. From Edman (1979).
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  • Understanding muscle from its length.
    Allen DG, Westerblad H. Allen DG, et al. J Physiol. 2007 Aug 15;583(Pt 1):3-4. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2007.137067. Epub 2007 Jun 14. J Physiol. 2007. PMID: 17569728 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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