Is the cross-bridge stiffness proportional to tension during muscle fiber activation?

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Published in Biophys J on June 02, 2010

Authors

Barbara Colombini1, Marta Nocella, M Angela Bagni, Peter J Griffiths, Giovanni Cecchi

Author Affiliations

1: Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiologiche and Istituto Interuniversitario di Miologia, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Firenze, Italy.

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