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Muscle Contraction
Known as:
Contractions, Muscle
, Muscle Cell Contraction
, muscle motor activity
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A process in which force is generated within muscle tissue, resulting in a change in muscle geometry. Force generation involves a chemo-mechanical…
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ADRA1A protein, human
ANLN gene
Actin-Binding Protein Anillin
Ankyrin-1
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Molecular motor activity
Muscle function
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Review
2004
Review
2004
Cellular and molecular regulation of muscle regeneration.
Sophie B. P. Chargé
,
M. Rudnicki
Physiological Reviews
2004
Corpus ID: 9556386
Under normal circumstances, mammalian adult skeletal muscle is a stable tissue with very little turnover of nuclei. However, upon…
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Measurement of muscle contraction with ultrasound imaging
P. Hodges
,
L. Pengel
,
R. Herbert
,
S. Gandevia
Muscle and Nerve
2003
Corpus ID: 41347732
To investigate the ability of ultrasonography to estimate muscle activity, we measured architectural parameters (pennation angles…
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Review
1999
Review
1999
Structural mechanism of muscle contraction.
M. Geeves
,
K. Holmes
Annual Review of Biochemistry
1999
Corpus ID: 14963307
X-ray crystallography shows the myosin cross-bridge to exist in two conformations, the beginning and end of the "power stroke." A…
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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
Tatsuya Hayashi
,
M. Hirshman
,
Emily J Kurth
,
W. Winder
,
L. Goodyear
Diabetes
1998
Corpus ID: 20522035
The intracellular signaling proteins that lead to exercise-stimulated glucose transport in skeletal muscle have not been…
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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Calcium sensitization of smooth muscle mediated by a Rho-associated protein kinase in hypertension
M. Uehata
,
T. Ishizaki
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+8 authors
S. Narumiya
Nature
1997
Corpus ID: 4419556
Abnormal smooth-muscle contractility may be a major cause of disease states such as hypertension, and a smooth-muscle relaxant…
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Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Structure of the actin-myosin complex and its implications for muscle contraction.
I. Rayment
,
H. Holden
,
+4 authors
R. Milligan
Science
1993
Corpus ID: 46511535
Muscle contraction consists of a cyclical interaction between myosin and actin driven by the concomitant hydrolysis of adenosine…
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Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Dystrophin protects the sarcolemma from stresses developed during muscle contraction.
B. Petrof
,
J. Shrager
,
H. Stedman
,
A. Kelly
,
H. Sweeney
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…
1993
Corpus ID: 1537304
The protein dystrophin, normally found on the cytoplasmic surface of skeletal muscle cell membranes, is absent in patients with…
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Review
1993
Review
1993
Inositol trisphosphate and calcium signalling
M. Berridge
Nature
1993
Corpus ID: 4362262
Inositol trisphosphate is a second messenger that controls many cellular processes by generating internal calcium signals. It…
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Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Abnormal endothelium-dependent vascular relaxation in patients with essential hypertension.
J. Panza
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A. Quyyumi
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J. Brush
,
S. Epstein
New England Journal of Medicine
1990
Corpus ID: 5640144
BACKGROUND Endothelium regulates vascular tone by influencing the contractile activity of vascular smooth muscle. This regulatory…
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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.
J. Spudich
,
S. Watt
Journal of Biological Chemistry
1971
Corpus ID: 27488129
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