Two ground-breaking papers, published back-to-back in Nature 54 years ago, independently showed that muscle shortens as a result of the sliding between the thick and thin filaments of the fibres ...

- Muscle cells, also known as myocytes, are specialized cells designed for contraction and force production. Skeletal Muscle Cells: These cells are long, cylindrical, and have a striated (or striped) ...

In the first of the papers 1, Andrew Huxley and Rolf Niedergerke reported measurements of the optically dense ‘A-bands’ in intact fibres from striated (skeletal) muscle. Using a novel interference ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Although it is generally believed that phosphorylation of the regulatory light chain of myosin is required before smooth muscle can develop ...

As the world gears up for this summer's Olympics, scientists are celebrating the work of a British woman whose research contributed to a better understanding of how muscles function. It is the 50th ...