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ACCORDING to Szent-Györgyi1, muscle in the relaxed state is characterized by the dissociation of actomyosin into actin and myosin.
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GOODALL, M., SZENT-GYÖRGYI, A. Relaxing Factors in Muscle. Nature 172, 84–85 (1953). https://doi.org/10.1038/172084a0
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