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Muscle Contraction

Known as: Contractions, Muscle, Muscle Cell Contraction, muscle motor activity 
A process in which force is generated within muscle tissue, resulting in a change in muscle geometry. Force generation involves a chemo-mechanical… Expand
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ADRA1A protein, humanANLN geneActin-Binding Protein AnillinAnkyrin-1
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Molecular motor activityMuscle function

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Review
2019
Review
2019
Role of Myokines in Regulating Skeletal Muscle Mass and Function
Loss of skeletal muscle mass and strength has recently become a hot research topic with the extension of life span and an… Expand
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Review
2004
Review
2004
Cellular and molecular regulation of muscle regeneration.
Under normal circumstances, mammalian adult skeletal muscle is a stable tissue with very little turnover of nuclei. However, upon… Expand
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Measurement of muscle contraction with ultrasound imaging.
To investigate the ability of ultrasonography to estimate muscle activity, we measured architectural parameters (pennation angles… Expand
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
A role for AMP-activated protein kinase in contraction- and hypoxia-regulated glucose transport in skeletal muscle.
Eukaryotic cells possess systems for sensing nutritional stress and inducing compensatory mechanisms that minimize the… Expand
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Review
2000
Review
2000
Calcium ion in skeletal muscle: its crucial role for muscle function, plasticity, and disease.
Mammalian skeletal muscle shows an enormous variability in its functional features such as rate of force production, resistance… Expand
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Evidence for 5′AMP-Activated Protein Kinase Mediation of the Effect of Muscle Contraction on Glucose Transport
The intracellular signaling proteins that lead to exercise-stimulated glucose transport in skeletal muscle have not been… Expand
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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Calcium sensitization of smooth muscle mediated by a Rho-associated protein kinase in hypertension
Abnormal smooth-muscle contractility may be a major cause of disease states such as hypertension, and a smooth-muscle relaxant… Expand
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Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Dystrophin protects the sarcolemma from stresses developed during muscle contraction.
The protein dystrophin, normally found on the cytoplasmic surface of skeletal muscle cell membranes, is absent in patients with… Expand
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Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Structure of the actin-myosin complex and its implications for muscle contraction.
Muscle contraction consists of a cyclical interaction between myosin and actin driven by the concomitant hydrolysis of adenosine… Expand
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Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
The regulation of rabbit skeletal muscle contraction. I. Biochemical studies of the interaction of the tropomyosin-troponin complex with actin and the proteolytic fragments of myosin.
Abstract Actin purified by a new, simple, and rapid purification procedure activated the ATPase activity of both heavy meromyosin… Expand
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