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Further analysis of the molecular jet hypothesis during muscle contraction
1Centro Universitario de Investigación en Ciencias Básicas, Universidad de Colima, Mexico.
Journal of Theoretical Biology
|December 7, 1990
Abstract:
We analyse the Molecular Jet-hypothesis proposed by Morel & Bachouchi (1988, J. theor. Biol. 132, 83.). This hypothesis attempts to explain the movement of covaspheres that contain myosin heads attached to actin filaments. This movement occurs during muscle contraction. However, the hypothesis does not predict the velocity of covaspheres correctly. Therefore, we are studying additional aspects of the hypothesis.