Sliding Filament Mechanism in Muscle Contraction

- Preface

- Early Development in Muscle Research and the Role of New Structureal Technologies

- The Molecular Basis of Cross-Bridge Function

- Molecular Synchronization in Actomyosin Motors from Single Molecule to Muscle Fiber via Nanomuscle

- Distribution of Crossbridge States in Contracting Muscle

- X-Ray Diffraction Studies of Striated Muscles

- Conformational Change and Regulation of Myosin Molecules

- Driving Filament Sliding: Weak Binding Cross-bridge states, Strong Binding Cross-bridge States, and the Power Stroke

- Mysteries about Amplitude and Efficiency of Cross-bridge Powerstroke

- Sarcomere Dynanmics, Stepwise Shortening, and the Nature of Contraction

- Cross-bridge Formation Detected by Stiffness Measurements in Single Muscle Fibers

- Non Cross-bridge Stiffness in Skeletal Muscle Fibers at Rest and During Activity

- Nature's Strategy for Optimizing Power Generation in Insect Flight Muscle

- From Crossbridges to Metabolism: System Biology for Energetics

- Energetics, Mechanics, and Molecular Engineering of Calcium Cycling in Skeletal Muscle

- Heat, Phosphorus NMR, and Microcalorimetry in Relation to the Mechanism of Filament Sliding.