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. 1974 Sep;71(9):3343-4.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.71.9.3343.

The mechanism of muscle contraction

A Szent-Györgyi

The mechanism of muscle contraction

A Szent-Györgyi. 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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