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Involvement of weak binding crossbridges in force production in muscle

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  1. Department of Biochemistry, East Carolina University, School of Medicine, NC27858-4354, Greenville, USA

    Joseph M. Chalovich

  2. Laboratory of Physical Biology, NIAMS, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA

    Leepo C. Yu

  3. Department of General Physiology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany

    Bernhard Brenner

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Chalovich, J.M., Yu, L.C. & Brenner, B. Involvement of weak binding crossbridges in force production in muscle. J Muscle Res Cell Motil 12, 503–506 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01738438

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