doi: 10.1073/pnas.71.9.3343.
The mechanism of muscle contraction
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- DOI: 10.1073/pnas.71.9.3343
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The mechanism of muscle contraction
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A.
1974 Sep.
Abstract
Muscular contraction is essentially the shortening of the S(2) subunits of heavy meromyosin, integrated to macroscopic motion by the thick and thin filaments.
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