Myosin

Myosin sticks to the actin filament so that it won't get blown away.

Analogy, How Scientifically Powerful is It? 2006

Myosin is equipped with hands with a powerful grip that swing forward and grab the actin.

THE HIDDEN FACE OF GOD GERALD L. SCHROEDER 2001

Myosin is equipped with hands with a powerful grip that swing forward and grab the actin.

THE HIDDEN FACE OF GOD GERALD L. SCHROEDER 2001

Myosin, is practically insoluble in both hot and cold water, though somewhat soluble in a salt solution.

School and Home Cooking Carlotta Cherryholmes Greer

The publication titled "Inhibition of Smooth Muscle Myosin as a Novel Therapeutic Target for Hypertension" discusses the potential application for therapies that directly inhibit smooth muscle myosin based on work in preclinical models of hypertension.

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Myosin performs ATP free energy transduction into mechanical work in the motor domain of the myosin heavy chain (MHC).

BioMed Central - Latest articles 2010

Van Driest SL, Vasile VC, Ommen SR, Will ML, Tajik AJ, et al. (2004) Myosin binding protein C mutations and compound heterozygosity in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jennifer Davis et al. 2010

This model is further supported by the heightened pathology and increased mortality reported in a CM double heterozygous mouse model that expresses both strong (R403Q Myosin) and moderate activator (G203S cTnI) alleles Working model of additive and neutralizing outcomes for double heterozygous genotypes based on the combine effects of allele-specific thin filament activation.

PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jennifer Davis et al. 2010

Yamakawa M, Molloy J, Falkenthal S, Maughan D (1992) Myosin light chain-2 mutation affects flight, wing beat frequency, and indirect flight muscle contraction kinetics in Drosophila.

PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Arne B. Gjuvsland et al. 2010

Myosin activation causes contraction, cellular tension, and rigidity.

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