Population
Intact frog muscle fibres
Design
Preclinical
Authors
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Hypothesis-generating for myosin mechanics; leaves open translation to human cardiac contractility.
The study provides a molecular basis for muscle efficiency and an estimate of the isometric force exerted by a myosin head by measuring the size and speed of its working stroke.
Piazzesi et al. (2002) studied this question.
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