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The Structural Basis of Muscular Contraction
John Squire
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Description for The Structural Basis of Muscular Contraction
Paperback. Num Pages: 716 pages, 236 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1086.
Muscular contraction provides one of the most fascinating topics for a biophysicist to study. Although muscle comprises a molecular machine whereby chemical energy is converted to mechanical work, its action in producing force is something that is readily observable in everyday life, a feature that does not apply to most other structures of biophysical inter est. In addition, muscle is so beautifully organized at the microscopic level that those important structural probes, electron microscopy (with the associated image analysis methods) and X-ray diffraction, have pro vided a wealth of information about the arrangements of the constituent proteins in a variety ... Read more
Muscular contraction provides one of the most fascinating topics for a biophysicist to study. Although muscle comprises a molecular machine whereby chemical energy is converted to mechanical work, its action in producing force is something that is readily observable in everyday life, a feature that does not apply to most other structures of biophysical inter est. In addition, muscle is so beautifully organized at the microscopic level that those important structural probes, electron microscopy (with the associated image analysis methods) and X-ray diffraction, have pro vided a wealth of information about the arrangements of the constituent proteins in a variety ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
716
Condition
New
Number of Pages
716
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461331858
SKU
V9781461331858
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