It has something to do with a sliding interaction between actin and myosin. In 1954, scientists published two groundbreaking papers describing the molecular basis of muscle contraction.

The conformation of myosin V when strongly bound to actin has been revealed by electron ... for the swinging cross-bridge model of muscle contraction proposed in 1969. Although muscle researchers ...

The actin filament exists as a structure of the fixed length and bears the muscle contraction and the adjustment on a muscular inside. The circulation and the molecule movements of the polymerization ...

Our lab’s investigations of cardiac muscle contraction focus on the effects of cardiomyopathy-causing amino acid substitutions on myosin’s mechanical and ... We are also investigating actin filament ...

Myosin II plays the most important role in cellular force generation. Myosin II molecules self-assemble into filaments with different structures depending on myosin II isoforms and other conditions ...