When muscle cells are viewed under the microscope, one can see that they contain a striped pattern (striations). This pattern is formed by a series of basic units called sarcomeres that are arranged ...

As the world gears up for this summer's Olympics, scientists are celebrating the work of a British woman whose research contributed to a better understanding of how muscles function. It is the 50th ...

These experiments reveal several notable features of sliding friction between a pair of F-actin filaments. First, even for the weakest cohesion strength required for assembly of stable bundles, the ...