Molecular Basis of Motility

Front Matter....Pages I-IX
Welcome....Pages 1-2
Hans Hermann Weber In Memoriam....Pages 3-6
Front Matter....Pages 7-7
The Structural Basis of Contraction and Regulation in Skeletal Muscle....Pages 9-25
An Investigation of the Cross-bridge Cycle Using ATP Analogues and Low-angle X-ray Diffraction from Glycerinated Fibres of Insect Flight Muscle....Pages 26-41
The Binding and Cleavage of ATP in the Myosin and Actomyosin ATPase Mechanisms....Pages 42-52
The Kinetics of Cross-bridge Turnover....Pages 53-68
Energy Transformation in Muscle....Pages 69-78
Front Matter....Pages 79-79
Release and Uptake of Calcium by the Sarcoplasmic Reticulum....Pages 81-92
The Role of the Interaction of Ca 2+ with Troponin in the Regulation of Muscle Contraction....Pages 93-106
Phosphorylation and the Regulation of the Function of Myosin and the Troponin Complex....Pages 107-121
Myosin-linked Calcium Regulation....Pages 122-136
Concerted Regulation of Glycogen Metabolism and Muscle Contraction....Pages 137-158
Front Matter....Pages 159-159
Microtubules: Inhibition of Spontaneous in vitro Assembly by Non-neural Cell Extracts....Pages 161-174
Microfilaments in Blood Platelets....Pages 175-185
Studies on the Interaction of the Nerve Growth Factor with Tubulin and Actin....Pages 186-202
Phallotoxins and Microfilaments....Pages 203-214
Final Comments....Pages 215-215
Back Matter....Pages 217-224