Muscle Contraction and Cell Motility

Chapter 1

Electron Microscopic Visualization and Recording of ATP-Induced Myosin Head Power Stroke Producing Muscle Contraction Using the Gas Environmental Chamber

Haruo Sugi, Tsuyoshi Akimoto, Shigeru Chaen, Takuya Miyakawa, Masaru Tanokura, and Hiroki Minoda

Pages: 1

Chapter 2

Studies of Muscle Contraction Using X-Ray Diffraction

John M. Squire and Carlo Knupp

Pages: 35

Chapter 3

Muscle Contraction Revised: Combining Contraction Models with Present Scientific Research Evidence

Else Marie Bartels

Pages: 75

Chapter 4

Limitations of in vitro Motility Assay Systems in Studying Molecular Mechanism of Muscle Contraction as Revealed by the Effect of Antibodies to Myosin Head

Haruo Sugi, Shigeru Chaen, Takuya Miyakawa, Masaru Tanokura, and Takakazu Kobayashi

Pages: 117

Chapter 5

Characteristics and Mechanism(s) of Force Generation by Increase of Temperature in Active Muscle

K. W. Ranatunga

Pages: 143

Chapter 6

Mechanism of Force Potentiation after Stretch in Intact Mammalian Muscle

Giovanni Cecchi, Marta Nocella, Giulia Benelli, Maria Angela Bagni, and Barbara Colombini

Pages: 169

Chapter 7

The Static Tension in Skeletal Muscles and Its Regulation by Titin

Dilson E. Rassier, Anabelle S. Cornachione, Felipe S. Leite, Marta Nocella, Barbara Colombini, and Maria Angela Bagni

Pages: 193

Chapter 8

Stiffness of Contracting Human Muscle Measured with Supersonic Shear Imaging

Kazushige Sasaki and Naokata Ishii

Pages: 209

Chapter 9

Effect of DTT on Force and Stiffness during Recovery from Fatigue in Mouse Muscle Fibres

Barbara Colombini, Marta Nocella, Joseph D. Bruton, Maria Angela Bagni, and Giovanni Cecchi

Pages: 235

Chapter 10

ATP Utilization in Skeletal and Cardiac Muscle: Economy and Efficiency

G. J. M. Stienen

Pages: 249

Chapter 11

Essential Myosin Light Chains Regulate Myosin Function and Muscle Contraction

Ingo Morano

Pages: 273

Chapter 12

Regulation of Calcium Uptake into the Sarcoplasmic Reticulum in the Heart

Susumu Minamisawa

Pages: 303

Chapter 13

The Pivotal Role of Cholesterol and Membrane Lipid Rafts in the Ca2+-Sensitization of Vascular Smooth Muscle Contraction Leading to Vasospasm

Ying Zhang, Hiroko Kishi, Katsuko Kajiya, Tomoka Morita, and Sei Kobayashi

Pages: 333

Chapter 14

The Catch State of Molluscan Smooth Muscle

Stefan Galler

Pages: 343

Chapter 15

Regulation of Dynein Activity in Oscillatory Movement of Sperm Flagella

Chikako Shingyoji

Pages: 371

Chapter 16

The Biomechanics of Cell Migration

Yoshiaki Iwadate

Pages: 387

Chapter 17

Role of Dynamic and Cooperative Conformational Changes in Actin Filaments

Taro Q. P. Uyeda

Pages: 415