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Sliding Filament Mechanism in Muscle Contraction

Fifity Years of Research

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  • © 2005

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  • Dr. Sugi is an internationally recognized name in the field of Biomedical Engineering, with numerous citations on Pub.
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (AEMB, volume 565)

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Sliding Filament Mechanism in Muscle Contraction: Fifty Years of Research covers the history of the sliding filament mechanism in muscle contraction from its discovery in 1954 by H.E. Huxley through and including modern day research. Chapters include topics in dynamic X-ray diffraction, electron microscopy, muscle mechanisms, in-vitro motility assay, cardiac versus smooth muscle, motile systems, and much more.

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Table of contents (33 papers)

  1. Sliding Filament Mechanism at the Molecular Level

  2. Mechanism of Muscle Contraction

Editors and Affiliations

  • Teiko University, Tokyo, Japan

    Haruo Sugi

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Sliding Filament Mechanism in Muscle Contraction

  • Book Subtitle: Fifity Years of Research

  • Editors: Haruo Sugi

  • Series Title: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/b106476

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2005

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-24989-6Published: 28 June 2005

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-3766-7Published: 01 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-24990-2Published: 27 April 2007

  • Series ISSN: 0065-2598

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-8019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 432

  • Topics: Medical Biochemistry, Imaging / Radiology, Cardiology, Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering

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