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The mechanism of filament sliding during contraction of a myofibril

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Link: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/matthews/myosin.html
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Author: Gary G. Matthews
Media: Webware
Cost: Free
Subjects: Biology
Types: Visualization or Animation
Description
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This animation illustrates how muscle contration is inistated by an action potential and Ca+ release and the actin and myosin interactions and filament sliding during muscle contraction.
Posted to site: 06/03/2008
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