Electron tomography of fast frozen, stretched rigor fibers reveals elastic distortions in the myosin crossbridges

Structure of the actin-myosin complex and its implications for muscle contraction

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Muscle Function, Engineering, Cytoskeleton +18

Synaptic vesicle exocytosis captured by quick freezing and correlated with quantal transmitter release.

John E. Heuser, Thomas S. Reese, Michael J. Dennis et al. · The Journal of Cell Biology · 1979 · 1.4K citations · Full text

Quick Freezing, Synaptic Transmission, Neurotransmitter +23

Movement and force produced by a single myosin head

Justin E. Molloy, Julie E. Burns, John Kendrick‐Jones et al. · Nature · 1995 · 614 citations

Mechanobiology, Muscle Function, Kinesiology +9

Use of multivariate statistics in analysing the images of biological macromolecules

Marin van Heel, Joachim Frank · Ultramicroscopy · 1981 · 576 citations

Multivariate Statistics, Engineering, Microscope Image Processing +12

Induced Changes in Orientation of the Cross-Bridges of Glycerinated Insect Flight Muscle

Michael K. Reedy, Kenneth C. Holmes, R. T. Tregear · Nature · 1965 · 474 citations

Biology, Mechanobiology, Insect Biomechanics +8