Shape and Length of Myosin Heads and Rad
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Jean-Emile Morel; Zalika Merah
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Article
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1997
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Elsevier Science
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English
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Irrespective of the exact shape and length of myosin heads, it is shown that radial compressive forces occur in contracting muscle, which tend to bring the myofilaments closer to each other. This is in contradiction with common observation: a muscle that shortens swells laterally. The presence of th