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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… 
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Molecular motor activityMuscle function

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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… 
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… 
Review
1999
Review
1999
Structural mechanism of muscle contraction.
X-ray crystallography shows the myosin cross-bridge to exist in two conformations, the beginning and end of the "power stroke." A… 
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… 
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… 
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… 
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… 
Review
1993
Review
1993
Inositol trisphosphate and calcium signalling
Inositol trisphosphate is a second messenger that controls many cellular processes by generating internal calcium signals. It… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Abnormal endothelium-dependent vascular relaxation in patients with essential hypertension.
BACKGROUND Endothelium regulates vascular tone by influencing the contractile activity of vascular smooth muscle. This regulatory… 
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.
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