.../ Summary: Skeletal muscles with a deletion in titin exhibit no activation dependence of optimal length, but typical length dependence of Ca 2+ sensitivity, suggesting that these properties are not necessarily linked. Activation-dependent properties Isometric force production Force transmission...

... of the functional limits of the desmin intermediate filament system in the presence of an intact myofibrillar lattice. The existence of a limit on the extension of desmin suggests a mechanism for the recruitment of desmin into a network of force transmission, whether as a longitudinal load bearer or as a component...

... myotendinous junctions of red and white fibres is probably related to a difference in the duration of the load on the junction. 06 12 1995 ©The Company of Biologists Limited 1996 carp Cyprinus carpio muscle fibre types myotendinous junction force transmission fish swimming...

... 1992 by Company of Biologists 1992 intervertebral joints Makaira nigricans force transmission stiffness damping blue marlin dynamic bending Because the vertebrate body is mechanically complex, recent attempts to measure and model the transmission of muscular force and power...