Huxley and Brown have produced evidence that crossbridges are displaced during tetanic contraction of frog sartorius muscle 2. We have sought evidence of such motion during the oscillatory ...

Nicolai Konow, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Biological Science, University of Massachusetts Lowell Brief Abstract: The sliding filament model has been the foundation of our understanding of muscle ...

“Modulating fast skeletal muscle contraction protects skeletal muscle in animal models of Duchenne muscular dystrophy” Post this ...

Numerous motor and structural proteins compose a highly ordered structure known as the sarcomere, the basic unit of muscle contraction in heart and skeletal muscles. Sarcomeric myosin heavy chain ...