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Muscle Biophysics From Molecules to Cells /

Muscle contraction has been the focus of scientific investigation for more than two centuries, and major discoveries have changed the field over the years. This book centers mostly on mechanical studies, dealing with force production and regulation; it gathers studies performed by scientists who hav...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Dilson J.E, Rassier (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
Edición:1st ed. 2010.
Colección:Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 682
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Striated Muscles: From Molecules to Cells
  • Contractile Performance of Striated Muscle
  • Energy Economy in the Actomyosin Interaction: Lessons from Simple Models
  • A Strain-Dependency of Myosin Off-Rate Must Be Sensitive to Frequency to Predict the B-Process of Sinusoidal Analysis
  • Electron Microscopic Visualization of the Cross-Bridge Movement Coupled with ATP Hydrolysis in Muscle Thick Filaments in Aqueous Solution, Reminiscences and Future Prospects
  • Role of Titin in Skeletal Muscle Function and Disease
  • Contractile Characteristics of Sarcomeres Arranged in Series or Mechanically Isolated from Myofibrils
  • The Force-Length Relationship of Mechanically Isolated Sarcomeres
  • Extraction and Replacement of the Tropomyosin-Troponin Complex in Isolated Myofibrils
  • Stretch and Shortening of Skeletal Muscles Activated Along the Ascending Limb of the Force-Length Relation
  • Cross-Bridge Properties in Single Intact Frog Fibers Studied by Fast Stretches
  • Crossbridge and Non-crossbridge Contributions to Force in Shortening and Lengthening Muscle
  • Short-Range Mechanical Properties of Skeletal and Cardiac Muscles
  • Crossbridge Mechanism(s) Examined by Temperature Perturbation Studies on Muscle
  • Efficiency of Cross-Bridges and Mitochondria in Mouse Cardiac Muscle
  • Mechanisms of Skeletal Muscle Weakness
  • Stretch-Induced Membrane Damage in Muscle: Comparison of Wild-Type and mdx Mice
  • Cellular and Whole Muscle Studies of Activity Dependent Potentiation.