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Introductory Lecture on Muscle Contraction

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Mechanism of Myofilament Sliding in Muscle Contraction

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology ((AEMB,volume 332))

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Dr. Okinaga and Professor Sugi, most of all: thank you for bringing us all together. I congratulate Professor Sugi on the way in which he has collected such a large proportion of the people who are contributing to the present-day work in muscle and breaking new ground into the future.

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  1. Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan

    Haruo Sugi

  2. University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA

    Gerald H. Pollack

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Huxley, A.F. (1993). Introductory Lecture on Muscle Contraction. In: Sugi, H., Pollack, G.H. (eds) Mechanism of Myofilament Sliding in Muscle Contraction. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 332. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2872-2_1

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