Muscle Biophysics

1. Striated Muscles: From Molecules to Cells
Dilson E. Rassier

2. Contractile Performance of Striated Muscle
K. A. P. Edman

3. Energy Economy in the Actomyosin Interaction: Lessons from Simple Models
Steven L. Lehman

4. A Strain-Dependency of Myosin Off-Rate Must Be Sensitive to Frequency to Predict the B-Process of Sinusoidal Analysis
Bradley M. Palmer

5. Electron Microscopic Visualization of the Cross-Bridge Movement Coupled with ATP Hydrolysis in Muscle Thick Filaments in Aqueous Solution, Reminiscences and Future Prospects
Haruo Sugi

6. Role of Titin in Skeletal Muscle Function and Disease
Coen A. C. Ottenheijm, Henk Granzier

7. Contractile Characteristics of Sarcomeres Arranged in Series or Mechanically Isolated from Myofibrils
Dilson E. Rassier, Ivan Pavlov

8. The Force–Length Relationship of Mechanically Isolated Sarcomeres
W. Herzog, V. Joumaa, T. R. Leonard

9. Extraction and Replacement of the Tropomyosin–Troponin Complex in Isolated Myofibrils
Beatrice Scellini, Nicoletta Piroddi, Corrado Poggesi, Chiara Tesi

10. Stretch and Shortening of Skeletal Muscles Activated Along the Ascending Limb of the Force–Length Relation
Dilson E. Rassier, Clara Pun

11. Cross-Bridge Properties in Single Intact Frog Fibers Studied by Fast Stretches
Barbara Colombini, Marta Nocella, Giulia Benelli, Giovanni Cecchi, M. Angela Bagni

12. Crossbridge and Non-crossbridge Contributions to Force in Shortening and Lengthening Muscle
K. W. Ranatunga, H. Roots, G. J. Pinniger, G. W. Offer

13. Short-Range Mechanical Properties of Skeletal and Cardiac Muscles
Kenneth S. Campbell

14. Crossbridge Mechanism(s) Examined by Temperature Perturbation Studies on Muscle
K. W. Ranatunga, M. E. Coupland

15. Efficiency of Cross-Bridges and Mitochondria in Mouse Cardiac Muscle
C. J. Barclay, C. Widén

16. Mechanisms of Skeletal Muscle Weakness
Håkan Westerblad, Nicolas Place, Takashi Yamada

17. Stretch-Induced Membrane Damage in Muscle: Comparison of Wild-Type and mdx Mice
David G. Allen, Bao-ting Zhang, Nicholas P. Whitehead

18. Cellular and Whole Muscle Studies of Activity Dependent Potentiation
Brian R. MacIntosh

Avainsanat: Life Sciences, Biochemistry, general, Biophysics and Biological Physics, Animal Biochemistry, Medical Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Animal Physiology