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The regulatory switch of the muscle thin filament: Ca2+ or myosin heads?

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Lehrer, S.S. The regulatory switch of the muscle thin filament: Ca2+ or myosin heads?. J Muscle Res Cell Motil 15, 232–236 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00123476

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