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Mutation of the myosin converter domain alters cross-bridge elasticity.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 19 Mar 2002
Köhler Jan, Winkler Gerhard, Schulte Imke, Scholz Tim, McKenna William, Brenner Bernhard, Kraft Theresia
Abstract excerpt
Elastic distortion of a structural element of the actomyosin complex is fundamental to the ability of myosin to generate motile forces. An elastic element allows strain to develop within the actomyosin complex (cross-bridge) before movement. Relief of this strain then drives filament sliding, or...
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