title: Smooth operators. The molecular mechanics of smooth muscle contraction.
abstract: Smooth muscle cells squeeze the blood back to your heart, raise the hackles on your neck and change the F-stop of your eyes. The past year has provided penetrating new insights into their mechanism of contraction.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Cross
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D009119:Muscle Contraction; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000502:physiology*; D009218:Myosins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D009218:Myosins