Sliding-filament model

Layer 3 — Biologyin the Musculoskeletal And Integumentary subtree

Huxley-Hanson-Huxley-Niedergerke 1954: muscle contraction is sliding of thin (actin) over thick (myosin) filaments; sarcomere shortens without changes in filament lengths. Myosin head power stroke uses ATP.

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