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Abstract
Optical diffraction measurements during rapid releases of active toad muscle show that the sarcomeres contract within 1 millisecond by an amount up to but not greater than 12 nanometers. This crossbridges immediately start cycling to produce the normal contraction velocity in unloaded muscle.Entities:
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Year: 1978 PMID: 415364 DOI: 10.1126/science.415364
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728